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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Butterflies and Skippers (Papilionoidea) » Brush-footed Butterflies (Nymphalidae) » Milkweed Butterflies & Glasswings (Danainae) » Milkweed Butterflies (Danaini) » Danaus » Queen - Hodges#4615 (Danaus gilippus)
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Tropic Queen (Danaus eresimus) ? - Danaus gilippus - female
Copyright © 2018 John & Barbara Moerk

Tropic Queen (Danaus eresimus) ? - Danaus gilippus - Female
The Celery Fields, Sarasota County, Florida, USA
February 15, 2018
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Contributed by John & Barbara Moerk on 21 February, 2018 - 11:24am
Last updated 25 February, 2018 - 8:10pm

I thought it was Tropic Queen
I thought it was Tropic Queen because Audubon book showed no white spots on hind wing of gilippus - although it was a male. How did you distinguish?
… John & Barbara Moerk, 24 February, 2018 - 11:34pm login or register to post comments

 
Note white spots on submarginal area of forewing
which go to the trailing edge. D. eresimus lacks spots in this area. Neither species has white spots on hindwing so I expect the hindwing white areas are from scale loss.
… Cliff Ivy, 25 February, 2018 - 8:07pm login or register to post comments

Queen female
Moved from ID Request.
… Cliff Ivy, 22 February, 2018 - 12:38pm login or register to post comments

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