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Pyrameis Atalanta
Admiral Ad"mi*ral, n. [OE. amiral, admiral, OF. amiral, ultimately fr. Ar. am[=i]r-al-bahr commander of the sea; Ar. am[=i]r is commander, al is the Ar. article, and am[=i]r-al, heard in different titles, was taken as one word. Early forms of the word show confusion with L. admirabilis admirable, fr. admirari to admire. It is said to have been introduced into Europe by the Genoese or Venetians, in the 12th or 13th century. Cf. Ameer, Emir.] 1. A naval officer of the highest rank; a naval officer of high rank, of which there are different grades. The chief gradations in rank are admiral, vice admiral, and rear admiral. The admiral is the commander in chief of a fleet or of fleets. 2. The ship which carries the admiral; also, the most considerable ship of a fleet. Like some mighty admiral, dark and terrible, bearing down upon his antagonist with all his canvas straining to the wind, and all his thunders roaring from his broadsides. --E. Everett. 3. (Zo["o]l.) A handsome butterfly (Pyrameis Atalanta) of Europe and America. The larva feeds on nettles. Admiral shell (Zo["o]l.), the popular name of an ornamental cone shell (Conus admiralis). Lord High Admiral, a great officer of state, who (when this rare dignity is conferred) is at the head of the naval administration of Great Britain.

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- atalanta V. a. rubria (Fruhstorfer, 1909) Synonyms Papilio atalanta Linnaeus, 1758 Pyrameis ammiralis Godart, 1821 Pyrameis atalanta (Linnaeus, 1758)...
- Synonyms Hamadryas carye Hübner, [1812] Pyrameis caryoides Giacomelli, 1922 Pyrameis carye f. minuscula Hayward, 1931 Pyrameis caryae ab. bruchi Köhler, 1945...
- braziliensis (Moore, 1883) Synonyms Pyrameis braziliensis Moore, 1883 Pyrameis virginiensis var. rubia Staudinger, 1894 Pyrameis huntera ab. dallasi Köhler, 1945...
- 1849 Synonyms Pyrameis myrinna Doubleday, 1849 Vanessa syngenesiae Capronnier, 1874 Pyrameis myrinna ab. incarnata Seitz, 1914 Pyrameis myrinna ab. eunice...
- Order: Lepidoptera Family: Nymphalidae Genus: Vanessa Species: V. samani Binomial name Vanessa samani (Hagen, 1895) Synonyms Pyrameis samani Hagen, 1895...
-  abyssinica Binomial name Vanessa abyssinica (Felder & Felder, 1867) Synonyms Pyrameis abyssinica Felder and Felder, 1867 Antanartia abyssinica Antanartia abyssinica...
- See text Synonyms Fieldia (Niculescu, 1979) Cynthia (Fabricius, 1807) Pyrameis (Hübner, 1819) B****aris (Hübner, 1821) Ammiralis (Rennie, 1832) Neopyrameis...
- Vanessa Species: V. altissima Binomial name Vanessa altissima (Rosenberg & Talbot, 1914) Synonyms Pyrameis huntera altissima Rosenberg & Talbot, 1914...
- Angeles, California. Entomologist 50: 154–156. Fountaine, M. E. 1921. Pyrameis gonerilla in New Zealand. Entomologist 54: 238–239 Fountaine, M. E. 1925–1926...
- Family: Nymphalidae Genus: Vanessa Species: V. buana Binomial name Vanessa buana (Fruhstorfer, 1898) Synonyms Pyrameis indica buana Fruhstorfer, 1898...