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Viceroy Butterfly

Year completed: 2007
Medium: Ink Line Art Illustration with Digital Tinting
Description: Fine art drawing of a Viceroy Butterfly (Limenitis archippus)

Hand-signed limited edition fine art print (500) of a Viceroy Butterfly. The illustration is reproduced on high-quality acid free stock. Dealer inquires are welcome.

Limited edition fine art print:
8"x10" (20.3 x 25.4cm) $17.95
11"x14" (27.9 x 36.6cm) $22.95

Print is in stock and ships in 1-2 days.

This illustration is also available as stock art.

Artist's notes:

viceroy butterfly thumb The Viceroy Butterfly was completed in 2007. However, for several years I had misidentified it as a Monarch. After several months and many more emails I created a new Monarch Butterfly drawing and relabeled this drawing correctly.

Information about the Viceroy Butterfly:

The Viceroy Butterfly is a North American butterfly that can be found in most of the continental US including parts of southern Canada and northern Mexico. They have a wingspan of about 3 inches. The Viceroy is considered a mimic of the Monarch Butterfly. The difference is that the Monarch is large and doesn't have the postmedian line that runs along the bottom of the Viceroy's lower wings. Both butterflies taste bad to predators. It is the state butterfly of Kentucky.