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Viceroy or Red-spotted? - Limenitis
Copyright © 2006 Thomas of Baltimore City

Viceroy or Red-spotted? - Limenitis
Lower Herring Run Park, Baltimore City County, Maryland, USA
July 30, 2006

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Contributed by Thomas of Baltimore City on 29 August, 2006 - 5:49pm
Last updated 4 December, 2006 - 7:55pm

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… john and jane balaban, 4 December, 2006 - 7:55pm login or register to post comments

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… john and jane balaban, 4 December, 2006 - 7:54pm login or register to post comments

I vote for Viceroy
According to Wagner, Limenitis arthemis is less spiny (yours looks as spiny as his image of Viceroy), and has a larger hump on T2 (though the hump is hard to see without a side view).
… Hannah Nendick-Mason, 29 August, 2006 - 7:27pm login or register to post comments

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