# 10205

Queen
(Danaus gilippus)

Family: Nymphalidae
Sub Family: Danainae

This mahogany brown butterfly is on Veronica.. Queens are a relative to the Monarch they too migrate in mass movements.

Hosts: Milkweeds (Asclepias) also (Sarcostemma and Cynanchum)

Photo taken on 7/16/99 Carolina Pavillion Butterfly House in Durham, NC

Queen 02

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