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Soldier
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Soldier

Danaus eresimus

Danaus eresimus, the soldier or tropical queen, is a North American, Caribbean, and South American butterfly in the family Nymphalidae.

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In the old herbals & bestiaries

Soldier in Tractado de las Drogas y Medicinas de las Indias Orientales

Tractado de las Drogas y Medicinas de las Indias Orientales

Cristóvão da Costa · 1578 · p.450

Soldier in Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants

Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants

Leonhart Fuchs · 1549 · p.758

Soldier in Discourses on the Six Books of Dioscorides

Discourses on the Six Books of Dioscorides

Dioscorides; Pietro Andrea Mattioli (comm.) · 1568 · p.1380

Soldier in Six Groups of the History of Plants

Six Groups of the History of Plants

Rembert Dodoens · 1583 · p.599

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 50065.