Queen Butterfly

Danaus gilippus

Summary 7

The Queen Butterfly (Danaus gilippus) is a North and South American butterfly in the family Nymphalidae with a wingspan of 70–88 mm (2.8–3.5 in). 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. The ventral hindwings have black veins and small white spots in a black border. The male has a black androconial scent patch on its...

Distribution 8

The Queen can be found ranging from Brazil to Florida and the Gulf Coast. It is also prevalent in the states of California, Texas, Arizona, and southern New Mexico. (Douglas, 1986; Ehrlich and Ehrlich, 1961; Holland, 1907)

Biogeographic Regions: nearctic (Native ); neotropical (Native )

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  5. (c) Katja Schulz, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://tolweb.org/tree/ToLimages/queen7097.jpg
  6. (c) David Bygott, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5307/5656052103_7cb93d5ef3.jpg
  7. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danaus_gilippus
  8. (c) The Regents of the University of Michigan and its licensors, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://eol.org/data_objects/31389712

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