- GBIF observations
- 66,049 GBIF
Taxonomic rank
Species
Danaus (Anosia) gilippus candidus
Danaus (Anosia) gilippus gilippus
Danaus (Anosia) gilippus hermippus
Description
The queen butterfly is a North and South American butterfly in the family Nymphalidae with a wingspan of 80–85 mm. It is orange or brown with black wing borders and small white forewing spots on its dorsal wing surface, and reddish ventral wing surface fairly similar to the dorsal surface. The ventral hindwings have black veins and small white spots in a black border. The male has a black androconial scent patch on its dorsal hindwings. It can be found in meadows, fields, marshes, deserts, and at the edges of forests.
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Status
- COL status
- accepted
- Name status
- acceptable
- Nomenclatural code
- zoological
Legacy synonyms
danaus gilippus
Non-butterfly
Off
Hybrid