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Danaus plexippus
The first photo shows a monarch butterfly that's possibly leucistic.
Butterfly house.
For comparison, another nearby individual is shown in the second photo. The pupa or chrysalis is shown in the third photo.
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The underside if the Monarchs wing is a different color that serves as camouflage. A truly leucistic Monarch would be much lighter on both sides of the wings.
Oh ok, so just a monarch that was bred in captivity.
Keithp, I'm not sure if I should add it because I saw this in a butterfly house (although there were only monarchs in it).
You should add this to the monarch migration mission they look for all areas with white monarchs