Viceroy Butterfly [Limenitis archippus] on Queen Anne’s Lace [Daucus carota], found off Mills Gap Road in Fletcher, North Carolina on 28 August 2013. Queen Anne’s Lace or Wild Carrot is a member of the Carrot (Apiaceae) family. Newcomb’s Wildflower Guide, pages 220-221, states it blooms in summer and fall and is a “very common weed of dry fields and waste places.”
Butterflies and Moths of North America: Limenitis archippus
USDA Plants Listing: Daucus carota
Viceroy Butterfly on Queen Anne’s Lace in Fletcher, NC – 28 August 2013
Viceroy on Queen Anne’s Lace (wide) – 28 August 2013
Viceroy Butterfly (detail) – 28 August 2013
