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Monarch Butterfly (Danaus plexippus)
Subject: | Monarch Butterfly (Danaus plexippus)
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Date: 2005:09:07 15:07:28
Upload Date: 2005:09:07 15:03:37
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Metadata
Title: Monarch Butterflies
Alternative Title: (none)
Creator: Friend, Milton
Source: WO-2848-009
Publisher: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Contributor: DIVISION OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS
Language: EN - ENGLISH
Rights: (public domain)
Audience: (general)
Subject: insects, numerous butterflies sitting on branch leaves
Date Issued: November 28 2001
The monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) is a milkweed butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It may be the most familiar North American butterfly, and is considered an iconic pollinator species.
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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 |
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