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Queen Butterfly - Danaus gilippus Seen at Butterflies in Bloom at Roger Williams Park Danaus gilippus,Geotagged,Queen,Spring,United States,butterfly Click/tap to enlarge Promoted

Queen Butterfly - Danaus gilippus

Seen at Butterflies in Bloom at Roger Williams Park

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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.

Similar species: Moths And Butterflies
Species identified by Christine Young
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By Christine Young

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Uploaded Dec 18, 2018. Captured May 31, 2008 22:53 in 25 Dorrance St, Providence, RI 02903, USA.
  • Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XTi
  • f/4.0
  • 1/160s
  • ISO400
  • 100mm