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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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Queen - Danaus gilippus
Copyright © 2006 Blair Scott

Queen - Danaus gilippus
June 6, 2004
Photograph taken at the Huntsville Botanical Gardens in Huntsville, AL. The Queen is alit on a Purple Coneflower (echinacea purpurea). Because the Huntsville Botanical Gardens introduces butterflys, I am not putting any geographic information on this picture. I am only putting it up as a picture of the species to help with identification.

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Queen - Danaus gilippus Queen - Danaus gilippus - male
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Contributed by Blair Scott on 22 September, 2006 - 6:30pm
Last updated 27 February, 2012 - 10:25am

Moved
Moved from Monarch.
… Blair Scott, 22 September, 2006 - 9:58pm login or register to post comments

Not quite
This is actually a Queen, Danaus gilippus. Similar to the Monarch but chestnut instead of orange and yellow below.
… Cliff Bernzweig, 22 September, 2006 - 9:34pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
You're right... the dots. Thanks for the catch! I've moved the images over to Queen.
… Blair Scott, 22 September, 2006 - 10:00pm login or register to post comments

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