Viceroy - Basilarchia archippus |
| Size | 2½ - 3" |
| Egg | Compressed oval egg. |
| Caterpillar | Mottled brown with light saddle, two bristles behind head. |
| Host / Food | Willows, Poplars, Aspens, Plum, Cherry and Apple trees. |
| Broods | @ broods North, 3 or more broods south. |
| Habitat | Riversides, marshes, meadows, wood edges, roadsides and lakeshores. |
| Range | North America south of Hudson Bay, west to eastern parts of Pacific States and from the Great Basin eastwards. |
| Notes | The Viceroy is a mimic butterfly. It copied the color patterns of the Monarch butterfly which birds find distasteful. |
