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Paper Like Wings I liked this shot as it demonstrates how paper like their wings truly are. Danaus gilippus,Danaus plexippus,Monarch,Queen Click/tap to enlarge

Paper Like Wings

I liked this shot as it demonstrates how paper like their wings truly are.

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    Christine Young
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    While this is very similar to a Monarch, it is actually a Queen butterfly (Danaus gilippus). Posted 7 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
Species identified by Christine Young
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Uploaded May 12, 2015.
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