Limenitis archippus [Cramer] Viceroy

Nymphalidae

Host Plant: Willow, Swamp Poplar (in photos) General description: Other Images: Pupa, mimicry, predators/scavengers Determined by: Gentry

Life Size

Time as pupae and rearing results: Host plants in database: Salix sp. (Willow), NAME (Swamp Poplar) Parasitoids and predators: Observations and comments: Larvae of this species mimick bird droppings. The first and second instars also hide on frass chains that they construct on the end of the leaves of their host plant. The larvae of the three species in the genus Limenitis are difficult to distingush from each other in the field. There is a simple key in Howe 1975 that is useful in telling them apart. Location of Vouchers: Tulane University

References: Howe 1975

Collected: Honey Island Swamp Wildlife Management Area