Red Spotted Purple Butterfly is a photograph by Phyllis Taylor which was uploaded on July 7th, 2017.
Red Spotted Purple Butterfly
This lovely red-spotted purple was found and photographed in the Big Oak Wildlife Refuge near Madison, Indiana, but the red-spotted purple is... more
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Red Spotted Purple Butterfly
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Phyllis Taylor
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This lovely red-spotted purple was found and photographed in the Big Oak Wildlife Refuge near Madison, Indiana, but the red-spotted purple is resident from Florida westward to eastern Texas and northward into Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, New York, Vermont, and New Hampshire. The adults are large with a wing-spread of 3 to 3 1/2 inches.
The red-spotted purple, Limenitis arthemis astyanax (Fabricius), is a beautiful forest butterfly that is also commonly seen in wooded suburban areas. It is considered to be a Batesian mimic of the poisonous pipe vine swallowtail, Battus philenor (Linnaeus), with which it is sympatric.
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July 7th, 2017
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