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Danaus plexippus
(C. Linnaeus, 1758)
- monarch butterfly
(butterfly)
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Danaus (Genus)
..Danaus affinis (Species)
..Danaus chrysippus (Species)
..Danaus cleophile (Species)
..Danaus eresimus (Species)
..Danaus erippus (Species)
..Danaus genutia (Species)
..Danaus gilippus (Species)
..Danaus ismare (Species)
..Danaus melanippus (Species)
..Danaus plexaure (Species)
..Danaus plexippus (Species) - monarch butterfly
Authorship
Original name
:
Linnaeus, C. 1758.
Syst. Nat.
(ed. 10)
1
: 471.
Original rank
:
Subsequent generic combination
:
Types
Type of
:
Danaus
(Genus)
Kluk, 1780
Ref:
Hemming, 1933. Entomologist 66: 222.
[
new
]
Nominotypical taxon [ICZN]
:
Danaus plexippus plexippus
Ref:
D.J. Stang (comp.), 2004-present
: 22 Nov 2005.
[inferred]
Combinations
Basionym
:
Papilio plexippus
Linnaeus, 1758
Ref:
N. Wahlberg (ed.), [2006]
: 6 Oct 2008.
Different combination
:
Danais plexippus
(C. Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
Synonymous name (subjective)
:
Danaus archippus
Fabricius, 1793
Ref:
N. Wahlberg (ed.), [2006]
: 6 Oct 2008.
Vernacular Names (Dutch)
Full name
:
monarch
Vernacular Names (English)
Full name
:
monarch butterfly
:
milkweek
Ref:
C. Pratt, 1981
:
monarch
Ref:
C. Pratt, 1981
:
milkweed butterfly
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28 Aug 2026