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Subspecies Limenitis archippus floridensis - Florida Viceroy

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Florida Viceroy - Limenitis archippus Limenitis archippus floridensis - Florida Viceroy - Limenitis archippus Limenitis archippus floridensis - Florida Viceroy - Limenitis archippus Florida Viceroy (Limenitis archippus floridensis) - Limenitis archippus Viceroys mating (Limenitis archippus) - Limenitis archippus - male - female
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Papilionoidea (Butterflies)
Family Nymphalidae (Brushfooted Butterflies)
Subfamily Limenitidinae (Admirals)
Genus Limenitis
Species archippus (Viceroy)
Subspecies floridensis (Florida Viceroy)
Identification
Adult: similar to the Eastern Viceroy (subspecies L. a. archippus) except wings are darker brownish, mimicing the distasteful Queen (Danaus gillipus) but the Queen lacks a black line across the hindwing
Range
Florida and southern Georgia
See Also
adult comparison photos of subspecies archippus and floridensis by James Adams
subspecies L. a. obsoleta occurs in Arizona, California, Utah (and perhaps adjacent states?); the black line on its hindwing is edged basally with white spots on upper and lower surfaces (see photos)
other subspecies of the Viceroy occur in the southern and western states - see species page for type specimen localities and common names
Internet References
mimicry of Monarch and Queen by subspecies archippus and floridensis respectively (David Ritland, in The American Midland Naturalist, jstor.org)
common name reference taken from SC-NABN (The International Lepidoptera Survey, The Taxonomic Report)
Contributed by Robin McLeod on 14 December, 2006 - 7:32pm

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