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Brown Butterfly (Great Spangled Fritillary butterfly)

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Great Spangled Fritillary butterfly
by: Moni

Grammadot
I believe your beautiful butterfly is the Great Spangled Fritillary. Thanks so much for showing the underwing. It helps with ID.
These butterflies feed on flower nectar of all kinds and are beautiful to see in the garden.
The larva feed on violets. So you must have some in your yard. Many folks try to get rid of the violets, but they do provide food for the larva if you want to have these butterflies live in your garden.
Thanks for sharing the great photo!

Monarchs are more orange and have a much different black wing vein pattern than fritillaries.
Thanks volunteers!
by: Grammadot

I noticed the similarity to the Fritillaries in my 50 year old, well worn insect book. I wonder why we haven't ever seen them before.

Monarch babies are beautiful. Besides milkweed they also eat fennel.
Definitely not a monarch...
by: Korat

It looks like a member of the genus Speyeria - Greater Fritillaries, not sure of the species.
Not a Monarch
by: MydMo

There are lots of butterflies out there, but I can definitely say this is not a monarch butterfly. Monarch butterflies are bright orange and usually can be found around milkweed plants where they lay their eggs and the young feed on the milkweed plants.
Brown Butterfly
by: DTown

Maybe a Monarch butterfuly
Brown Butterfly
by: DTown

Maybe a Monarch butterfuly

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