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What are the difference between monarch butterfly and viceroy butterfly?
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∙ 14y ago
Butterflies and dragonflies both have wings used for flying. However the wings of a butterfly are much larger than dragonfly wings.
Clarissa Nitzsche
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∙ 11y agoNope, they're actually not even very closely related. The monarch is a milkweed butterfly in the family Danaidae and the viceroy is an admiral in the family Nymphalidae. They mimic each other for protection. Despite the widespread belief that the nonpoisonous viceroy mimics the poisonous monarch, the fact is that both are actually distasteful, making this an example of Batesian co-mimicry. The viceroy also mimics other milkweed butterflies in some parts of its range, such as in Florida, where it mimics the queen butterfly.
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∙ 11y agoThey have similar wing patterns as adults, to gain the same protection from predators that recognize the pattern as a warning that the butterfly is poisonous. However, the eggs, caterpillars, and pupae of the 2 species look completely different, and they are not very closely related to one another.
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∙ 14y agoThe Vicroy butterfly has a black line on its lower wings, which the Monarch does not have. If you have any other butterfly questions, e-mail them to me at liviebug97@Yahoo.com. I'd love to answer them if I can!
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∙ 9y agoThe viceroy butterfly mimics the monarch butterfly in order to detract predators. Monarch Butterflies are poisonous and have a bad taste, so predators will see the similar viceroy butterfly and think that they are inedible.
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Can you tell the difference between a monarch and viceroy in flight?
Yes there is. There is a line on the lower wings of the Vicroy butterfly and the Monarch does not have this line. If you have any other butterfly questions, ask me. My username is liviebug97,and my e-mail is liviebug97@yahoocom. I'd be more than happy to answer you questions.
How does the viceroy butterfly not benefit from eating milkweed?
The viceroy butterfly does not eat milkweed, it is a mimic of the monarch butterfly which does eat milkweed. The milkweed makes the monarch butterfly toxic to birds. Once a bird eats its first monarch butterfly it gets so sick that it learns to never try to eat anything that looks like a monarch butterfly ever again. The viceroy butterfly has evolved to mimic the monarch butterfly to avoid being eaten by birds that have previously tried eating a monarch butterfly.
What is Viceroy Butterfly?
the viceroy butterfly is a butterfly that mimics the monarch butterfly
What butterflies are yellow and look like a monarch?
The Viceroy Butterfly looks almost identical to the monarch butterfly, and that makes the viceroy a mimic. Birds know that monarchs are not good to eat, so the viceroy avoids being eaten by looking like the monarch. The queen butterfly, the painted lady and others are sometimes mistaken for monarch butterflies.
How do you use mimicry in a sentence?
The Viceroy Butterfly uses clever mimicry of the Monarch Butterfly to deter predators.
How might the viceroy's colors affect monarch butterflies?
The Viceroy mimics the Monarch for a special reason. The Monarch is poisonous, and so by the Viceroy acting like it's poisonous, predators avoid it. There is one difference though, the Viceroy has a black line running across his lower hind-wings. no^ the color of the viceroy is close to the monarchs and so at mating season it can affect them
How might The Viceroys Colours Affect Monarch Butterflies?
The Viceroy's colors mimic those of the Monarch butterfly. They do this to protect themselves against predators. Predators know that Monarch Butterflies do not taste good, so they avoid them, and therefore will also avoid the Viceroy.
What butterfly name that starts with v?
A butterfly with a name starting with the letter v is the Viceroy butterfly. It resembles the Monarch butterfly but i has a black line that crosses its wings.
Is a butterfly harmful?
The Viceroy is a poisonous butterfly, just like the Monarch. The confusion about the Viceroy toxicity comes from 19th century ideas about mimicry. Unfortunately, entymologists failed to test the theory until 1991. Even today many text books erroneously discuss the Viceroy as non-toxic. The Monarch was early identified as poisonous and entymologists immediately assumed the Viceroy was not. However, after testing, the Viceroy Butterfly is at least at toxic as the Monarch. The question is - which is the immitation? The Viceroy Butterfly is almost indistinguishable from the Monarch Butterfly.
Does this combination of adaptations make every monarch butterfly safe from birds?
No. Since new birds are hatched every year, the young ones won't know that monarchs taste so bad. Also, the viceroy butterfly looks like a monarch. Birds eat it and it tastes good. So if that bird sees a monarch it thinks is a viceroy butterfly, it'll eat it.
How does a Viceroy Butterfly mimics a Monarch Butterfly?
Butterflies are harmless. No American Lepidoptera is known to be poisonous to man. I am familiar with the Monarch, Red Admiral and other types. they are harmless and beautiful insects not pesky (Bugs). The Monarch butterfly is poisonous to some animals. The poisons in their bodies is very distasteful to many predators. The viceroy and monarch were once thought to exhibit Batesian mimicry where a harmless species mimics a toxic species. Studies conducted in the early 1990's suggest that the viceroy and the monarch are actually examples of Mullerian mimicry where two equally toxic species mimic each other to the benefit of each. Just goes to show you there's always something new to discover in the natural world!
What is an animal that has the same adaptations as a monarch butterfly?
The adaptation of the monarch butterfly is a early diet of milkweed. This diet of milkweed ensures the caterpillars and the adults taste terrible. A predator has only to taste the bitter monarch once to learn to avoid them in the future.
