Viceroy butterflies

Limenitis archippus

Description:

Looks like monarch butterflies

1 Species ID Suggestions

ForestDragon 11 years ago

Viceroy

Limenitis archippus archippus Subspecies Limenitis archippus archippus - Viceroy - BugGuide.Net

5 Comments

NJB 11 years ago

Thanks for your help

NJB 11 years ago

Thanks for your help

NJB 11 years ago

Thanks for your help

ForestDragon 11 years ago

This is a great find! While they look very similar to Monarchs these are cleverly disguised butterflies. They mimic the Monarch to avoid being eaten by predators. If you look closely at the markings you can see the differences. Here is a link to a page that compares them:
http://www.learner.org/jnorth/tm/monarch...