What is Viceroy (butterfly)?
{{Taxobox | name = Viceroy | image = Viceroy Butterfly.jpg | image_caption = | regnum = [[Animal]]ia | phylum = [[Arthropod]]a | classis = [[Insect]]a | ordo = [[Lepidoptera]] | unranked_familia = [[Rhopalocera]] | superfamilia = [[Papilionoidea]] | familia = [[Nymphalidae]] | genus = ''[[Limenitis]]'' | species = '''''L. archippus''''' | binomial = ''Limenitis archippus'' | binomial_authority = ([[Pieter Cramer|Cramer]], 1776) }} [[File:Limenitis archippus Cramer.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Upper side of the wings]] [[File:Florida Viceroy Limenitis archippus in Loxahatchee.JPG|thumb|right|200px|A reddish brown Viceroy]] The '''Viceroy''' (''Limenitis archippus'') is a [[species]] of [[butterfly]]. It [[wikt:belong|belongs]] in the [[Family (biology)|family]] [[Nymphalidae]]. It is found in [[North America]].<ref name=jpbkk>Jim P. Brock and Kenn Kaufman 2003. ''Butterflies of North America.'' Houghton Mifflin, New York, NY. {{ISBN|0804720134}}</ref> == Ecology == === Colour pattern === The [[wing]]s are orange. They have black [[vein]]s and black wing edges. There is a black band across the hind wing (bottom wing). This band can sometimes be faint or missing if the butterfly lives in the southwestern [[United States]]. In [[Florida]], the Viceroy is dark reddish brown instead of orange. The [[wingspan]] ranges from 6.6 to 7.6&nbsp;cm (2.6 to 3 in).<ref name=ems>Ernest M. Shull 1987. ''The Butterflies of Indiana.'' Indiana Academy of Science. {{ISBN|0-253-31292-2}}</ref> === Its significance === The orange Viceroys [[mimicry|mimic]] the Monarch (''[[Danaus plexippus]]''). The reddish brown Viceroys mimic the Queen (''[[Danaus gilippus]]'') and the Soldier (''[[Danaus eresimus]]'').<ref name=jpbkk/> The [[caterpillar]] feeds on trees in the willow family [[Salicaceae]], including [[willow]]s (''Salix''), and poplars and cottonwoods (''[[Populus]]''). The caterpillars store the [[salicylic acid]] in their bodies, which makes them bitter, and upsets predators' stomachs. As further protection, the caterpillars, as well