Anne Elliott's photos with the keyword: Viceroy

I'd never seen a Viceroy butterfly before, so was thrilled to spot this one today, when we were on a day walk at Nodwell Sanctuary (now called the Western Sky Land Trust Wheatland #1 Property), southeast of Calgary, near Carseland. It looks very much like the Monarch butterfly (which at first I thought it might be, as I didn't know about the Viceroy), but smaller, and both are relatively UNCOMMON in Alberta - this is the northern edge of their range. LOL, not quite the shot I would have liked to get, but still a record of an exciting sighting!

This highly cropped image is from way back on 23rd July 2009. I was thrilled to bits to have spotted this beautiful Viceroy butterfly while we were botanizing the Nodwell Sanctuary, SE of the city. This is the only time I have ever seen this species - in fact, I had never even heard of it before. In Alberta, it is an uncommon species. I will add a previously posted image, showing the topside. Rather similar to a Monarch butterfly, but much smaller. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viceroy_butterfly