Taxon details
NameMonarch Butterfly, Danaus plexippus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Common/Māori namesMonarch Butterfly
Higher ClassificationAnimalia | Arthropoda | Insecta | Lepidoptera | Nymphalidae | Danaus | plexippus
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