You might find a viceroy visiting your garden flowers in early summer. Occasionally one of these big, beautiful butterflies will visit your garden to take nectar, especially if you have milkweeds ...

Next, let’s talk about the three butterflies that are often confused for monarchs because they look similar. Viceroy butterflies look a lot like monarchs, with similar coloring and markings.

In the case of orange-and-black butterflies, the viceroy has evolved a striking resemblance to the beautiful but foul-tasting monarch. The two are so similar that predators -- mainly birds ...