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Viceroy Butterfly

Limenitis archippus

Photo by annorion
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

Very similar to a Monarch butterfly with the noticeable difference being the line across the hind wing.
Spotted resting on the sidewalk by house in the evening.

Notes:

The definition of a viceroy according to Wikipedia is a royal official that runs a country as the representative of the monarch. Thought that was an interesting tidbit about the name of the butterfly! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viceroy

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Viceroy butterfly

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alicelongmartin
If you have the ability to lighten your picture, more people would look at it.

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Butterflies & Moths of the World
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PublishedJuly 29, 2011

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