Viceroy
Basilarchia archippus
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This bug has been reportedly found in the following regions:
Barling, Arkansas
Pueblo, Colorado
Bartow, Florida
Jacksonville, Florida
Lutz, Florida
Miami, Florida
Palm Harbor, Florida
Divernon, Illinois
La Grange Park, Illinois
Westchester, Illinois
Coatesville, Indiana
Blanchard, Michigan
Florence, Mississippi
Lincoln, Nebraska
Hudson, New Hampshire
Kingston, New York
Concord, North Carolina
Cincinnati, Ohio
Glouster, Ohio
Stilwell, Oklahoma
Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania
Garland, Texas
Keller, Texas
Charlottesville, Virginia
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themikesmom
tabasco
The notes in "Common Butterflies & Skippers of Ohio", Ohio DNR, p.46, state that "Viceroys are smaller than monarchs and have a more rapid, less buoyant flight, holding their wings flat when gliding rather than the v-shaped glide of the monarch." And generally, that is how I can tell the difference between the two. 'CB&SO' goes on to state that viceroys can often be found near stands of willows, which serve as their hosts plants here in Ohio. We have five small willows here in our yard but I have yet to find eggs on them.
Viceroys overwinter here in the larval stage.
Meredith79
aggscott
okus
The similar Monarch, Queen and Tropic Queen lack the black line across the Hind Wing.