Queen Butterfly

Brookside Gardens, Silver Springs, MD

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Lychee

Snow Leopard

hello wildflower...I know you identified this as queen butterfly but it is definitely not queen. This was on exhibit at Brookside...and it is a monarch butterfly! Posted 11 years ago
1. WildFlower
  
  Lion
  
  I don't get your point here. Comparing the wing pattern it looks like a queen, not a monarch. The difference is in the forewings. The monarch has distinct black veins on both wings and 2 rows of white spots with a black stripe between them. The queen has more plain colour orange-brown forewings with 1 row of white spots.
  http://butterfliesofamerica.com/t/Danaus_gilippus_a.htm
  http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/species/Danaus-gilippus
  http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/species/Danaus-plexippus
  http://www.butterfliesofamerica.com/t/Danaus_plexippus_a.htm Posted 11 years ago
2. 1. Lychee
    
    Snow Leopard
    
    Hello Wildflower... I thought it was definitely a monarch because it was a series of pictures I took of Monarch butterflies at the exhibit. Anyway, between Viceroy and Monarch I do have difficulty with id them in the wild especially if they are viewed from different angles. Thanks!!! Posted 11 years ago, modified 11 years ago

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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By Lychee

Uploaded Sep 3, 2014. Captured Jul 11, 2012 22:28 in 1800 Glenallan Avenue, Silver Spring, MD 20902, USA.

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Captured in the summer. More summer photos.