Pearl Crescent (Phyciodes tharos) - © SaritaWolf - please do not repost
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Monarch (Danaus plexippus). Family Nymphalidae, order Lepidoptera. feeding on some
Western Ironweed (Vernonia baldwinii). Family Asteraceae, order Asterales.
Stroud, Oklahoma, USA. August 2019.
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Saw two of them in a same day and last guy had pure white leucistic spots!
Common Beak (Libythea lepita)
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Scientific Name: Danaus plexippus
Common Name(s): Monarch
Family: Nymphalidae (brush-footed butterfly)
Life Stage(s): Adult
Location: Plano, Texas
Season(s): Fall
Female, without the scent glands on the hindwings.
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Junonia coenia on Pycnanthemum muticum / Common Buckeye on Clustered Mountain Mint
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[PHOTOS TAKEN: SEPTEMBER 15TH, 2025 | Image IDs: Two photos of a question mark butterfly, with a brown and white coloration on the underside of the wings and an orange and black coloration on the top, on a bunch of grey gravel /End IDs.]
Here we have Polygonia interrogationis, which I have just learned is called the question mark butterfly or simply just question mark! Why? Well, many butterflies in the genus are called commas due to the white mark on the underside of each wing, but the markings of the question mark are, as you can see, shaped a little differently!
