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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A butterfly, Danaus archippus: the technical specific name used as an English word.

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  • In general it may be said that mimetic butterflies are comparatively rare species, but there are exceptions, for instance _Limenitis archippus_ in North America, of which the immune model (_Danaida plexippus_) also occurs in enormous numbers.

    Evolution in Modern Thought Gustav Schwalbe 1880

  • In North America, the large and handsome red and black butterfly Danais erippus is very common; and the same country is inhabited by Limenitis archippus, which closely resembles the Danais, while it differs entirely from every species of its own genus.

    Contributions to the Theory of Natural Selection A Series of Essays Alfred Russel Wallace 1868

  • In North America, the large and handsome Danais archippus, with rich reddish-brown wings, is very common; and it is closely imitated by

    Darwinism (1889) Alfred Russel Wallace 1868

  • Limenitis misippus mimics Danais archippus, 248 ursula mimics Papilio philenor, 248

    Darwinism (1889) Alfred Russel Wallace 1868

  • Scudder, Mr. S.H., on inedibility of Danais archippus, 238 on fossil insects, 403

    Darwinism (1889) Alfred Russel Wallace 1868

  • | [[Viceroy butterfly]] ( '' [[Limenitis archippus]] '')

    CreationWiki - Recent changes [en] 2009

  • Yet he has never found any evidence that such parasites attack either the egg or the larva of the inedible Danais archippus, so that in this case the insect is distasteful to its most dangerous foes in all the stages of its existence, a fact which serves to explain its great abundance and its extension over almost the whole world. [

    Darwinism (1889) Alfred Russel Wallace 1868

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