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Monarch Butterfly

Danaus plexippus

Description:

Beautiful orange, black, and white butterfly. Distinguished from the viceroy butterfly by the absence of a black ring on the lower outer wing. Viceroy's got it, Monarch's don't. monarch also larger. see http://www.learner.org/jnorth/tm/monarch...

Habitat:

Neighbor's flower bush

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4 Comments

Caleb Steindel
Caleb Steindel 9 years ago

thanks, marta!

The MnMs
The MnMs 9 years ago

Nice spotting! I wish I can see at least one of these now in my trip to CA :-)

Caleb Steindel
Caleb Steindel 9 years ago

thanks, stan!

Stanislav Greš
Stanislav Greš 9 years ago

Hello , nice photos... i would like to see that butterfly on my own eyes :)

Caleb Steindel
Spotted by
Caleb Steindel

Harrisburg, penna, USA

Spotted on Aug 18, 2014
Submitted on Aug 18, 2014

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