Southern Monarch - (Himmeämonarkki) - Danaus erippus
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| 11/2014 Entre Rios, Argentina |
Wingspan: 110 mm
The Southern Monarch is native to South America and is very similar to the famous Monarch butterfly (
D. plexippus). In fact, it used to be considered a subspecies of Monarch. One way of telling them apart is that the forewing inner edge has an orange trail in
erippus, whereas the trail is black in
plexippus.
I saw these very large and magnificent butterflies a couple of times in Argentina, but I never seemed to be able to get a decent photo of it. It was one of the last days of our visit when I finally nailed the underside. The topside remains to be photographed better in the future.
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| 11/2014 Entre Rios, Argentina |
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| 10/2014 Entre Rios, Argentina |
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| Hiding too high up in a tree. 10/2014 Entre Rios, Argentina |
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| 10/2014 Entre Rios, Argentina |
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| 10/2014 Entre Rios, Argentina |
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