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Viceroy Butterfly

Limenitis archippus

Photo by James McNair
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Field Notes

Description:

The viceroy butterfly is dark orange with black veins. A row of white spots edge its wings. Its color and pattern mimics the monarch butterfly's pattern except for a black horizontal stripe that crosses the bottom of its back wings. The viceroy caterpillar is white and olive-brown.

http://www.nhptv.org/natureworks/viceroy.htm

Habitat:

Wetlands

Reference Links:

Viceroy Butterfly - Limenitis archippus - NatureWorks

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (2)
James McNair
Thanks Machi, I have a mental bloc with these two!
Machi
Hey James, I think this is also a Viceroy based on the black line across its lower wing. Beautiful nonetheless!

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