Monarch butterfly
SpeciesButterflies and Moths
Milkweed butterfly with black, orange, and white wings and long migrations.
2.50Epic
Epic
Monarch butterfly
- Butterflies and Moths
The monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) is a milkweed butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is a familiar North American butterfly and an iconic, though not especially effective, pollinator of milkweeds. Its wings have a recognizable black, orange, and white pattern. Eastern North American monarchs make an annual southward migration to Florida and Mexico, while western populations often migrate to southern California. Populations also occur in other parts of the Americas, Europe, Oceania, and Southeast Asia.
- Scientific name
- Danaus plexippus
- Wingspan
- 8.9–10.2 cm (3.5–4.0 in)
- Migration
- Eastern populations migrate to Florida and Mexico.
Sources and credits
Sources and credits
- Article
- Monarch butterfly (English Wikipedia)
- Wikidata
- Q212398
- Text
- Card text is adapted from the English Wikipedia article by an automated summary. Wikipedia content is available under CC BY-SA 4.0; see the article history for its contributors. CC BY-SA 4.0 · Article history and contributors
- Illustration
- By Photo by and (c)2007 Derek Ramsey (Ram-Man). GFDL 1.2 · File page on Wikimedia CommonsPhoto by and (c)2007 Derek Ramsey (Ram-Man), Self-photographedModifications: Resized and converted to WebP
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