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Queen

Danaus gilippus

Description:

wingspan of 70–88 mm. It is orange or brown with black wing borders and small white forewing spots on its dorsal wing surface, and reddish ventral wing surface fairly similar to the dorsal surface

Habitat:

including fields, deserts, roadsides, pastures, dunes, washes, and waterways. Extreme southern United States south through tropical lowlands of the West Indies and Central America to Argentina. Regular stray and sometime colonist in the plains; rarely along Atlantic coastal plain to Massachusetts and the Great Plains.

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1 Comment

Irandi Munasinghe
Irandi Munasinghe 3 years ago

Beautiful spotting!

daniel.dparsons
Spotted by
daniel.dparsons

Fort Collins, Colorado, United States

Spotted on Aug 6, 2020
Submitted on Aug 8, 2020

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