
When I was taking photos of this butterfly, I was pretty sure it was a Monarch, but it didn’t look right. Monarch’s are a striking orange and black. This one looked washed out in comparison. It wasn’t until I got home and consulted my butterfly book that I learned a white morph exists on Oahu and the Big Island and this was undoubtedly one of those. There’s also a brown morph on Kaua’i.

We’ll, I never. We’ve got oodles of monarchs at the moment, and mostly the orange and black, but we get the black and white ones too. Maybe in a different season? I’ll keep an eye on them.
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It’s the first time I’ve seen one of these so it was interesting to learn what was going on.
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Very nice find!
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It was a first for me!
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😊 Great
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That’s a great find Graham
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Thanks Brian. I’m fascinated by those odd kinds of variations.
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