Danaus gilippus, the Queen butterfly, is a close relative of the monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus).

Queen buttefly feeding in a valley of the Sierra Madre Oriental mountain range in Coahuila, Mexico.
Video (4 seconds)

Queen butterfly feeding near Mayan ruins at Dzibilchaltun in Yucatan, Mexico.
Video (59 seconds)

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Butterflies

Related Links:
Danaus gilippus (BugGuide)
Monarch butterly
Queen butterfly (Butterflies and moths of North America)
Queen butterfly (Mariposas Mexicanas)

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Photo: Priscilla Coulter, SFASU Library
Video: (Yucatan) Linda Reynolds, SFASU Library; (Coahuila) Priscilla Coulter, SFASU Library