Here's why you shouldn't judge a butterfly species by its wing coloration.

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White Admiral Photo by: Wikimedia user Limulus
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Monarch Butterfly U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
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Limenitis archippus Gordon E. Robertson

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REFERENCES
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Andy Warren, pers. comm. July 29, 2014.   / 494195315449532417  

Brock, J. P., & Kaufman, K. (2003). Field Guide to Butterflies of North America.T. Hillstar Editions LC Houghton Mifflin Company, New York, NY.

Platt, A.P. and Brower, L.P. 1968. Mimetic Versus Disruptive Coloration in Intergrading Populations of Limenitis arthemis and Astyanax Butterflies. Evolution, Vol. 22, No. 4: 699718. http://www.jstor.org/stable/2406897

Platt, A.P. 1987. Banded admirals from western Maryland: analysis of the Limenitis (Basilarchia) arthemisastyanax complex (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) at green ridge state forest. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 89: 633645. http://biostor.org/reference/56212

Taxonomy of RedSpotted Purple: http://www.butterfliesofamerica.com/l...
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