Viceroy ( Limenitis archippus ), Monarch mimic by larose forest photos

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23-JUL-2007	Christine Hanrahan

Fletcher Wildlife Garden

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cits_4_pets		20-Aug-2012 03:42
My favorite in this gallery. We get viceroys in CA. Don't seem to be as common as they used to be...I am a tiny bit more inland than as a kid. Wonderful capture. I have heard monarchs taste bad to birds. Excellent!!!

Karen Stuebing		15-Aug-2012 21:48
It does look like a monarch! Beautiful.

Marielou Dhumez		19-Aug-2010 14:04
wonderful beauty !

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