
November leps: Queen (Danaus gilippus).

November leps: Queen (Danaus gilippus).

Queen butterfly (Danaus gilippus), on butterfly milkweed (Asclepias tuberosa), at the Desert Botanical Garden, Phoenix, Arizona.

Queen butterfly (Danaus gilippus), on butterfly milkweed (Asclepias tuberosa), at the Desert Botanical Garden, Phoenix, Arizona.

Acrobats.

Acrobats.

Queen butterfly (Danaus gilippus) on Kearney’s sumac (Rhus kearneyi) at the Desert Botanical Garden, Phoenix, Arizona.

Queen butterfly (Danaus gilippus) on Kearney’s sumac (Rhus kearneyi) at the Desert Botanical Garden, Phoenix, Arizona.

Queen butterfly (Danaus gilippus) on butterfly milkweed (Asclepias tuberosa), at the Desert Botanical Garden in Phoenix, Arizona.

Queen butterfly (Danaus gilippus) on butterfly milkweed (Asclepias tuberosa), at the Desert Botanical Garden in Phoenix, Arizona.
Queen butterfly (Danaus gilippus) on ajamete (Asclepias subulata, a desert milkweed).
In the Rio Salado Habitat Restoration Area, Phoenix, Arizona.