Viceroy butterfly, Limenitis archippus, a Monarch mimic, an example of Mullerian mimicry, on a spent Althea, Hibiscus, flower. Wichita, Kansas, USA

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Viceroy butterfly, Limenitis archippus, a Monarch mimic, also an example of Mullerian mimicry, on a spent Althea, Hibiscus, flower. Wichita, Kansas, USA. It was thought this butterfly evolved to look similar to the Monarch butterfly, which is distasteful to birds. But the Viceroy is also distasteful to birds.

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Size: 5690px × 3793px
Location: Wichita, Kansas, USA
Photo credit: © B LaRue / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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