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Brushfooted Part #2(Family

Nymphalidae)

Red Admiral

Large red or orange band on upperside

No eyespots on bottom

Caterpillar: http://www.chias.org/online/thebutterflylab/fieldguide/native.html

Mourning Cloak

Large, light band at edge of wings

Camouflaged underside

Red-Spotted Purple

Similar to swallowtails, but no “tails”

Black & blue coloring on top, red spots

on underside

Caterpillar: http://www.thebutterflysite.com/create-butterfly-garden.shtml

Viceroy

Mimic of the monarch, but is smaller

Has a black line on the hindwings

Caterpillar: http://www.thebutterflysite.com/create-butterfly-garden.shtml

Males have two scent patches on hindwings

Caterpillar: http://www.mlmp.org/art/k_durbin.html

Monarch

Viceroy

Black lines on hindwingsDifferent white marks on edges

(subfamily Danainae)

6 ButterfliesA - F

Identify each butterfly.

ViceroyMourning Cloak

Red AdmiralRed-Spotted Purple

Pearl CrescentMonarch

Viceroy

Red Admiral Mourning Cloak

Red-Spotted PurplePearl Crescent

THE ANSWERS ARE …Monarch