#3099 · 🦋 butterflies & moths

Viceroy

Limenitis archippus

LCleast concern 🦋 Butterflies & moths 📍 outside Europe

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what is it?

The viceroy ( Limenitis archippus ) is a North American butterfly that ranges through most of the contiguous United States as well as parts of Canada and Mexico. The westernmost portion of its range extends from the Northwest Territories along the eastern edges of the Cascade Range and Sierra Nevada mountains, southwards into central Mexico. Its easternmost range extends along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts of North America from Nova Scotia into Texas.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 54,493iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
54,493 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Pieter Cramer in 1776 (250 years ago).