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The viceroy (Limenitis archippus) is a North American butterfly. It was long thought to be a Batesian mimic of the monarch butterfly, but since the viceroy is also distasteful to predators, it is now considered a Müllerian mimic instead. The viceroy was named the state butterfly of Kentucky in 1990. [3]
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Bird: Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis: The male cardinal is bright red and the female is brown and dull red. They live in Kentucky year-round. 1926 [9] Butterfly: Viceroy butterfly Limenitis archippus: Viceroys are a Müllerian mimic to the monarchs which birds avoid eating because they are toxic and distasteful. The butterfly is usually found ...
Viceroy butterflies and monarchs (types of admiral butterfly) are both poisonous Müllerian mimics, though they were long thought to be Batesian. Mitochondrial DNA analysis of admiral butterflies shows that the viceroy is the basal lineage of two western sister species in North America. The variation in wing patterns appears to have preceded ...
Viceroy butterfly (state butterfly) Limenitis archippus: 1990 [22] Louisiana: European honey bee (state insect) Apis mellifera: 1977 [23] Gulf fritillary (state butterfly) Dione vanillae: 2022 [24] Maine: European honey bee (state insect) Apis mellifera: 1975 [25] Pink-edged Sulphur (state butterfly) Colias interior: 2023 [26] Maryland ...
Wing scales. Male and female. Upperside. Ground-colour reddish-ochreous, basal areas olivescent-ochreous-brown; cilia black, alternated with white, Forewing with an outwardly-oblique black irregular-shaped broken band crossing from middle of the cell to the disc above the submedian vein; the apical area from end of cell and the exterior border also black; before the apex is a short white ...
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Included among the birdwings are some of the largest butterflies in the world: the largest, Queen Alexandra's birdwing; the second largest, the Goliath birdwing; the largest butterfly endemic to Australia, the Cairns birdwing; and the largest butterfly in India, the southern birdwing.