Kaniska canace

Blue admiral
Upperside in Coorg, India
Underside view
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Tribe: Nymphalini
Genus: Kaniska
Moore, 1899
Species:
K. canace
Binomial name
Kaniska canace
Synonyms
  • Nymphalis canace
  • Papilio canace
  • Vanessa canace

Kaniska canace, the blue admiral, is a nymphalid butterfly, the only species of the genus Kaniska. It is found in south and southeast Asia. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Blue_admiral_basking_close_to_a_forest_stream.jpg