Butterflies and Moths of North America

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  Sighting 908738

Observation date: June 20, 2010
Date notes: They are eating machines so I am not sure when the caterpillar formed cocoon.
Submitted by: Sara Gardner Blow
Specimen type: Photograph
Observation notes: These are part of stages of this Viceroy Butterfly. I raised them from caterpillar to full grown butterfly.
Status: Resident
Verified by: stomlins701
Verified date: July 05, 2013
Coordinator notes: Good match with the photo of a Limenitis archippus chrysalis on bugguide.net http://bugguide.net/node/view/239994
Checklist region(s): United States, Kansas, Coffey County