monarch butterfly
Insecta (Hexapoda) > Lepidoptera > Danaidae
Danaus plexippus (Linnaeus)
Photographer: Arnold T. Drooz, USDA Forest Service
Descriptor: Larva(e)
Description: on milkweed in Amery, Wisconsin in July 1979
Image Citation: Arnold T. Drooz, USDA Forest Service, www.forestryimages.org
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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.