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Monarch Butterfly

Danaus plexippus

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Field Notes

Description:

Beautiful orange, black, and white butterfly. Distinguished from the viceroy butterfly by the absence of a black ring on the lower outer wing. Viceroy's got it, Monarch's don't. monarch also larger. see http://www.learner.org/jnorth/tm/monarch/Viceroy1.html

Habitat:

Neighbor's flower bush

Reference Links:

Monarch butterfly

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Comments (4)
The MnMs
Nice spotting! I wish I can see at least one of these now in my trip to CA :-)
Stanislav Greš
Hello , nice photos... i would like to see that butterfly on my own eyes :)

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Wildlife of Northeastern USA
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PublishedAugust 18, 2014

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