Queen 
Danaus gilippus

Queen is locally common on the Coast, uncommon in the Lower Coastal Plain and rare elsewhere. A few individuals occasionally stray northward. Some fall individuals have grayish-bordered veins similar to those in D.g. strigosa, the western subspecies, but Harris dismissed the idea that strigosa occurs in Georgia. (Butterflies of Georgia 1972). The hostplants are clasping milkweed (Asclepias amplexicaulis), Gulf Coast swallowwort (Cynanchum angustifolium), pine woods milkweed (Asclepias humistrata), fewflower milkweed (Asclepias lanceolata), tuba milkweed (Asclepias tomentosa), butterfly weed (Asclepias tuberosa) and others in the Dogbane family (Apocynaceae). There are probably three broods: mid-April to early Jun; early July to late August: mid-September to early November. Early Date: April 8 (Colquitt County); Late Date: December 14 (Camden County). Conservation Status: Ephemeral in most of the state, but secure on the Coast and in the Lower Coastal Plain.