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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) » Viceroy - Hodges#4523 (Limenitis archippus) » Florida Viceroy (Limenitis archippus floridensis)
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Viceroy (Limenitis archippus) - Limenitis archippus
Copyright © 2005 John & Barbara Moerk

Viceroy (Limenitis archippus) - Limenitis archippus
Myakka River State Park, Sarasota County, Florida, USA
October 11, 2005
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Contributed by John & Barbara Moerk on 18 October, 2005 - 3:14pm
Last updated 30 April, 2008 - 9:54am

subspecies floridensis
Moved from Viceroy to Florida Viceroy.
… Robin McLeod, 14 December, 2006 - 8:04pm login or register to post comments

Confirmed
- I don't think there's anything else with that distinctive black line across the hind wings.
Apparently in Florida Viceroys are darker than they are further north, because they gain more benefit from resembling Queens than Monarchs.

Compare this one from Ohio - much more like the Monarch in color.



By the way, I think it's sitting on Sicklepod Senna, an excellent host for Sulphurs.
… Hannah Nendick-Mason, 18 October, 2005 - 3:17pm login or register to post comments

 
And a dark one.
Florida's Viceroys tend to be darker than elsewhere. The theory is that because the Queen, which is much darker than the Monarch, largely replaces the Monarch in southern Florida, the Viceroy in this area is likewise darker.
… Terry Thormin, 18 October, 2005 - 3:25pm login or register to post comments

 
Great minds think alike -
you and I were composing our comments at the same time, Terry! :)
… Hannah Nendick-Mason, 18 October, 2005 - 3:29pm login or register to post comments

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