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Viceroy Butterfly

Presquile Prov. Park, ON.

Viceroy butterflies look like Monarchs.

The coloring and pattern of monarch and viceroy wings look nearly identical. However, a viceroy has a black line crossing the postmedian hindwing.

Viceroys do not migrate like Monarchs to Mexico. They overwinter as 1st or 2nd instar larvae, rolled up in a leaf of their host plant (willow or poplar).

 

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Uploaded on September 16, 2016
Taken on September 13, 2016