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Viceroy Butterfly

Limenitis archippus

Photo by CaseyRobinson
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Viceroy butterfly

Limenitis archippus

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KristenGilpin
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KristenGilpin
This is a tricky id. Take a close look at the lower wing. Viceroys have a curving stripe of black just above the black wing edge with some orange in between. Monarch won't have that second stripe. Good photo!

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