Viceroy 
Limenitis archippus

Viceroy is common statewide except in the Mountains where it is uncommon at the lower elevations and virtually unknown at the higher elevations. The habitat is mountain valleys and along rivers, streams, lakes or swamps in the Piedmont and Coastal Plain where the hostplants, black willow(Salix nigra), Carolina Willow (Salix caroliniana) and Florida willow (Salix floridana) grow. Black willow is common north of the Fall Line but is uncommon southward. Carolina willow is restricted to the Coastal Plain where it is widespread (fide Christa Hayes). Florida willow is restricted to a few counties in the southwestern corner of the state. It also uses tulip popular (Liriodendron tulipifera). Two subspecies occur in Georgia: Limenitis archippus archippus (the light form) which occurs approximately north of U.S. Highway 82 that runs east to west from Brunswick west to Waycross and Tifton, then running northwest to Eufala, AL; L.a floridensis (the dark form) occurs approximately south of U.S. Highway 82. (Study by Thomas R. Manley and Dr. Charles L. Remington (Harris, Georgia Butterflies,1972). Adults fly from June to early October in the northern half of the state and from mid-April to early November in the southern half of the state. (Harris, 1972). Early Date: April 8 (McIntosh County); Late Date: November 2 (Terrell County). Conservation Status: Secure.