vanessa atalanta

identification details:
family: Nymphalidae (brush-foots)
subfamily: Nymphalinae (true brush-foots)
species: Vanessa atalanta
common name: Red Admiral
sex: too similar to differentiate.

collection details:
date: 6.10.07
location/habitat: near the bank of the olentangy river (franklin county).
time: 1:15 pm.

remarks:
unique coloration, the reddish-orange forewing band distinguishes it from other butterflies.

danaus plexippus

identification details:
family: Nymphalidae (brush-foots)
subfamily: Danainae (milkweed butterflies)
species: Danaus plexippus
common name: Monarch
sex: female (lacks black scent patch).

collection details:
date: 8.?.06
location/habitat: coneflower near a parking lot (franklin county)

remarks:
my field notes from last year have been lost, so some collection details are missing. this species is easily confused with limenitis archippus (the viceroy), but the viceroy has a black post-median line on its hindwing.