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Queen Butterfly / Danaus gilippus thersippus <a href="http://butterfliesofamerica.com/ih02/141029-BER_5091_i.htm" rel="nofollow">http://butterfliesofamerica.com/ih02/141029-BER_5091_i.htm</a><br /> I know the wings are tattered, here is another photo that shows the marketing on the forewing.<br /> <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/103281/queen_butterfly_danaus_gilippus_thersippus.html" title="Queen Butterfly / Danaus gilippus thersippus"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/4330/103281_thumb.JPG?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=qGVGSHEr%2FnYgmZZSQ6h49SAV5I4%3D" width="200" height="172" alt="Queen Butterfly / Danaus gilippus thersippus Originally I thought this was a Monarch and realized it is probably a Queen Butterfly.<br /> http://butterfliesofamerica.com/ih02/141029-BER_5091_i.htm<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/103323/queen_butterfly.html<br /> Danaus gilippus,Geotagged,Queen,United States,Winter" /></a></figure><br /> Danaus gilippus,Geotagged,Queen,United States,Winter Click/tap to enlarge

Queen Butterfly / Danaus gilippus thersippus

http://butterfliesofamerica.com/ih02/141029-BER_5091_i.htm
I know the wings are tattered, here is another photo that shows the marketing on the forewing.

Queen Butterfly / Danaus gilippus thersippus Originally I thought this was a Monarch and realized it is probably a Queen Butterfly.<br /> http://butterfliesofamerica.com/ih02/141029-BER_5091_i.htm<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/103323/queen_butterfly.html<br /> Danaus gilippus,Geotagged,Queen,United States,Winter

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  1. View Ferdy Christant's profile
    Ferdy Christant
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    Throwing in an interesting fact for this butterfly, which I only just learned...

    Just like monarchs, this butterfly was thought to be undesirable for predators due to its toxic diet, making it distasteful or even dangerous. However, a deeper study shows it's not toxic to eat. Instead, this butterfly is always near similar-looking species that actually are toxic. This confuses predators, which conclude this species likely is toxic as well.

    It's one clever little Queen.     Posted 4 years ago
    1. View DebRich's profile
      DebRich
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      Cool. Posted 4 years ago

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The Queen

The Queen Butterfly is a North and South American butterfly in the family Nymphalidae with a wingspan of 70–88 mm. It is orange or brown with black wing borders and small white forewing spots on its dorsal wing surface, and reddish ventral wing surface fairly similar to the dorsal surface.

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Similar species: Moths And Butterflies
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By DebRich

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Uploaded Oct 21, 2020. Captured Feb 2, 2012 12:50 in 846 Avant Ave, San Antonio, TX 78210, USA.
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  • NIKON D5100
  • f/8.0
  • 1/125s
  • ISO140
  • 300mm
Captured in the winter. More winter photos.