Reference photo
Photo: Naturalis Biodiversity Center · Naturalis Biodiversity Center (via GBIF) · CC0 1.0 (cropped and resized). Not the specimen in Lucy’s drawer.
Tray 7 of 39
Danaus chrysippus
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Your framed specimen is a different individual of the same species, chosen and mounted by Lucy.
- Nymphalidae
- Butterfly
For young explorers
Another butterfly copies its orange colors to stay safe.
This toxic butterfly is copied by females of another species, the Mimic (Hypolimnas misippus), whose orange forms imitate its warning colours.
Catalog label
- Family
- Nymphalidae
- Subfamily
- Danainae
- Tribe
- Danaini
- Where it lives
- Africa, Arabia, Tropical Asia, AU, Canary Islands, India, Ceylon, Burma
From the catalog of Lucy Garcia Salik, PhD. A mounted specimen from a licensed supplier.
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