CaptureBug1
Just Arrived
Joined: 09 May 2009
Posts: 1
|
| Posted: Sat May 09, 2009 6:47 pm Post subject: Butterfly Identification |
|
Anyone know the name of this butterfly?
( photo / image / picture from CaptureBug1's Garden )
|
|
| Back to top |
|
Droopy
Slug Slaughterer
 Regular Plantstew Contributor (over 1000 edits)
Joined: 11 Aug 2007
Location: Western Norway (Map)
Posts: 7084
PlantStew: 10066 |
| Posted: Sat May 09, 2009 8:46 pm Post subject: |
|
I've been looking at whatsthatbug.com but can't say I found it. The markings are a lot like a Monarch's but the colour is very dark.
_________________
The time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time.
-Bertrand Russell
|
|
| Back to top |
|
FlowerFreak22
On The Way Up
Regular Plantstew Contributor (over 1000 edits)
Joined: 23 Apr 2009
Location: Georgia (Map)
Posts: 150
PlantStew: 2229 |
| Posted: Sat May 09, 2009 11:50 pm Post subject: |
|
I agree, it does look like a Viceroy.
_________________
Jon/FlowerFreak
"There is a road in the hearts of all of us, hidden and seldom traveled, which leads to an unknown, secret place." - Chief Luther Standing Bear
"When you look into an abyss, the abyss also looks into you." - Friedrich Nietzsche
|
|
| Back to top |
|
MadamButterfly
Just Arrived
Joined: 10 May 2009
Location: Russell, Bay of Islands, NZ
Posts: 2
|
| Posted: Sun May 10, 2009 8:17 pm Post subject: |
|
Yes, it's the Viceroy Butterfly (Limenitis archippus). Often confused with the Monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) which is not in the esame family.
It's very interesting - evidently the colouring of the Viceroy evolved to offer it the same protection as the Monarch, which gets it protection from eating milkweed, which is poisonous!
You have some wonderful butterflies in North America.
|
|
| Back to top |
|
butterflylover
Just Arrived
Joined: 24 Jun 2009
Posts: 11
|
| Posted: Wed Jun 24, 2009 3:11 pm Post subject: |
|
That's one of my collection I think it's a Viceroy.
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
7089 members, 152512 posts, 336 blogs
