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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Butterflies and Skippers (Papilionoidea) » Brush-footed Butterflies (Nymphalidae) » Admirals, Sisters (Limenitidinae) » Admirals, Sisters and Sailors (Limenitidini) » Admirals & Viceroy (Limenitis) » White Admiral/Western White Admiral/Red-spotted Purple - Hodges#4522 (Limenitis arthemis) » Red-spotted Purple (Limenitis arthemis astyanax)
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Viceroy? - Limenitis arthemis
Copyright © 2007 Charles Schurch Lewallen

Viceroy? - Limenitis arthemis
Deep Fork Wildlife Refuge, Okmulgee County, Oklahoma, USA
June 10, 2007
Size: aprox. 40mm
Feeding on willow.
I believe that there is another caterpillar that looks much like this one.
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Contributed by Charles Schurch Lewallen on 10 June, 2007 - 2:03pm
Last updated 10 January, 2012 - 12:30am

Moved
Moved from Admirals & Viceroy.
… David J. Ferguson, 10 January, 2012 - 12:30am login or register to post comments

I'm fairly sure this is a Red-spotted Purple,
even though I think Viceroy's are more often the ones on Willows. This doesn't look like a Viceroy caterpillar to me. There is a chance I'm wrong. Many of the Limenitis caterpillars on BugGuide must be regarded as only tentatively identified, because they weren't reared to adulthood, and they all look so very similar.

Moved from Admirals & Viceroy.
… David J. Ferguson, 10 January, 2012 - 12:09am login or register to post comments

Moved
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… David J. Ferguson, 21 November, 2008 - 6:15pm login or register to post comments

Yes, the Red Spotted Purple is very similar
Tony Thomas separated a bunch of these apart, so maybe you can tell which you have by examining his distinctions.
… john and jane balaban, 10 June, 2007 - 11:38pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
I will check it out.
… Charles Schurch Lewallen, 11 June, 2007 - 8:08am login or register to post comments

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