Monarch (Danaus plexippus)Family: Brush-footed Butterflies (Nymphalidae)in the catepillar stage - TDVisions' Photos | SmugMug

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Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio glaucus)Family: Parnassians and Swallowtails (Papilionidae)

Subfamily: Swallowtails (Papilioninae)

Identification: Male is yellow with dark tiger stripes. Female has 2 forms: one yellow like the male and the other black with shadows of dark stripes. Hindwing of both female forms has many iridescent blue scales and an orange marginal spot. On the underside of forewing of both female forms the row of marginal spots has merged into a continuous band.

Monarch (Danaus plexippus)Family: Brush-footed Butterflies (Nymphalidae)

Subfamily: Milkweed Butterflies (Danainae)

Identification: Upperside of male is bright orange with wide black borders and black veins; hindwing has a patch of scent scales. Upperside of female is orange-brown with wide black borders and blurred black veins. Both sexes have white spots on borders and apex.

Dark Female Eastern Tiger Swallowtail on a Tiger Lily

Monarch (Danaus plexippus)Family: Brush-footed Butterflies (Nymphalidae)in the catepillar stage

Red-spotted Purple Admiral (Limenitis arthemis)Family: Brush-footed Butterflies (Nymphalidae)

Subfamily: Admirals and Relatives (Limenitidinae)

RED-SPOTTED PURPLE: Upperside is blue to blue-green with much iridescence on the outer part of the hindwing. Underside is dark brown. Forewing has 2 red-orange bars near the base of the leading edge; hindwing has 3 red-orange spots near the base and a submarginal row of red-orange spots. The two forms hybridize where their ranges overlap, creating various intermediate forms which may be found in or near the overlap zone.

Red-spotted Purple Admiral (Limenitis arthemis)Family: Brush-footed Butterflies (Nymphalidae)

Monarch (Danaus plexippus)Family: Brush-footed Butterflies (Nymphalidae)in the catepillar stage

Monarch (Danaus plexippus)Family: Brush-footed Butterflies (Nymphalidae)in the catepillar stage

Monarch (Danaus plexippus)Family: Brush-footed Butterflies (Nymphalidae)in the catepillar stage

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Keywords: caterpillar

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