New Zealand Red Admiral on a Cabbage Tree Trunk

Bit of an endemic species blip today, with this shot of a New Zealand Red Admiral/kahukura on a Cabbage Tree/Ti Kouka, here in the garden in Kaituna.

I'd always assumed that the Red Admirals I've seen flittering around the property were an introduced species, but have today discovered that this particular butterfly is from a different sub-species (Vanessa gonerilla). The Maori name Kahukura means 'red cloak'. Cute eh?