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Viceroy Butterfly

Limenitis archippus

Photo by freespirit
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Field Notes

Description:

A mimick of the famous Monarch Butterfly.

Habitat:

Anywhere nectar from a wide variety of perennial flowers can be collected.This one was found in our garden flying amongst the Tiger Lilies.

Species ID Suggestions

Viceroy

Limenitis archippus

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monkey-mind and nana-puppet
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Comments (6)
Ashish
@ Free spirit... in Habitat describe in which environment you find this cute butterfly...!!
Ashish
M&N... you ID suggestion is correct... :)
monkey-mind and nana-puppet
yeah ashish was faster.... see there is on the lower wingpair a halfcircle like pattern, which Monarch doesn´t have
freespirit
Thanks for the info, I will change the description....!
Ashish
Its Viceroy... Mimicking Monarch.. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viceroy_butterfly

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Great Lakes Monitoring

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PublishedOctober 29, 2011

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