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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 » Monarch - Hodges#4614 (Danaus plexippus)
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Monarch ? - Danaus plexippus
Copyright © 2009 Sam Houston

Monarch ? - Danaus plexippus
Konawa, Seminole County, Oklahoma, USA
April 10, 2009
Size: 25mm (1") body
Is this a Monarch or a Viceroy?
Sorry I couldn't get a spread-wing shot but it would have caused injury to it if I had tried to force it so I settled for these shots.

Please help with ID.

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Contributed by Sam Houston on 13 April, 2009 - 10:49am
Last updated 13 April, 2009 - 12:42pm

You need The Butterfly Whisperer
or this guide page, which works with wings open or closed:
… Ron Hemberger, 13 April, 2009 - 11:05am login or register to post comments

 
....
Appears to be a Monarch based on that image. Would you agree?
… Sam Houston, 13 April, 2009 - 11:12am login or register to post comments

 
Yes, it is.
Sorry, I should have said that. We're supposed to have Viceroys in SoCal, but I haven't seen any. I'm so indoctrinated to Monarchs that when I did shoot a Viceroy back east, I misidentified it.
… Ron Hemberger, 13 April, 2009 - 12:40pm login or register to post comments

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