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Viceroy (butterfly)
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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.
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Viceroy | |
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Typical viceroy, co-mimic of the monarch | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Limenitis |
Species: | L. archippus |
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Limenitis archippus (Cramer, 1776) | |
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The viceroy was named the state butterfly of Kentucky in 1990.[3]