Monarch Butterfly (Danaus plexippus)

Query: milkweed butterfly

Result: 23^rd of 85

Subject:	Monarch Butterfly (Danaus plexippus)
Poster:	Phoby (phoby@notmyphoto.com)

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Monarch Butterfly (Danaus plexippus)

Narragansett Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve Monarch butterfly - Danaus plexippus. These beautiful butterflies are poisonous to predators and feed on the reserves many milkweed plants.

Image ID: nerr0396, NOAA National Estuarine Research Reserve Collection
Location: Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island
Photo Date: 1996 October

Photo Source:
The NOAA Photo Library - http://www.photolib.noaa.gov
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Scientific Name: Danaus plexippus (Linnaeus, 1758) Common Names: Monarch Butterfly, Monarch, Wanderer Butterfly Synonyms: Papilio plexippus Linnaeus, 1758 Danaus archippus (Fabricius, 1793) Danaus menippe (Hübner, 1816) Anosia plexippus Dyar, 1903

milkweed butterfly
23/85

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