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Monarch (r.) (Danaus plexippus) & Viceroy (Limenitis archippus) butterflies on Stokes' Aster (Stokesia laevis) flowers, summer, North America. Viceroy is Mullerian mimic: looks like Monarch & both distasteful to predators.
Thomas Kitchin & Victoria Hurst
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