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Buckeye
Those false eye spots are to scare off predators.
Buckeye
Ventral side is very plain
Viceroy
Similar to a monarch, but lacks the windowpane pattern.
Viceroy pair
mating
Queen
Female since it lacks the dark hind wing spot. Similar to a monarch.
White Peacock
Found only along coastal Carolina and much of Florida.
Red Spotted Purple
about 3 inches across; similar to a Pipevine Swallowtail. Often perches on the ground.
Red Spotted Purple
Ventral side of wings.
Pearl Crescent
Found in most of the eastern seaboard. Host plant is the aster.
Orange Sulfur
Found throughout the Eastern seaboard. Host plant is clover.
White form of the Orange Sulfur
appears more white than orange
Cloudless Sulfur - female
host plant is partridge pea and cassius.
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