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Florida Viceroy Butterfly

Limenitis archippus floridensis

Photo by James McNair
Published on Project Noah
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Species ID Suggestions

Viceroy

Limenitis archippus

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ForestDragon
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Comments (3)
James McNair
Thank you ForestDragon, by your references and the white spots on the lower borders of wings I chose Florida Viceroy
ForestDragon
James, this one looks like one of the subspecies. Not sure which one. I think it looks quite similar to the Southern Viceroy, but it could also be a Florida Viceroy. Here is the page with the subspecies: http://bugguide.net/node/view/548/bgpage

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PublishedJune 2, 2014

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