A viceroy butterfly on the ground with its wings spread wide. It is in the middle of a patch of grass. The butterfly is mostly orange with black lines throughout the orange. Its body is black. The outer edges of the wings are black with white spots all along the edge. It looks like a monarch except for the two horizontal black lines toward the bottom of its hindwings.

Viceroy. #Viceroy #LimenitisArchippus #Butterfly #Insect #Animal #Nature #Photography #AldoLeopoldNatureCenter #Monona #Wisconsin

The Viceroy mimics the Monarch to avoid predation (Monarchs contain alkaloids from eating milkweeds as caterpillars). #viceroy #limenitisarchippus #butterfly #lepidoptera #niagaracounty #wny #tonawandawma

A pair of viceroy butterflies on a plant. The photo is taken from underneath looking up. The plant has a yellow flower on it and several beds. The butterflies are resting on top. They are orange with black stripes. They look almost like monarchs, but they have a large back stripe going across the hindwing, as well as the vertical stripes you would see on a monarch. The outer edges of the wings are black with white dots all along. Behind them is a blue sky with one large white cloud crossing the center of the photo.

Pair of viceroy butterflies. #Viceroy #LimenitisArchippus #Butterfly #Mimic #Insect #Animal #Nature #Photography #LakeFarmCountyPark #Madison #Wisconsin