Danaus plexippus
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Deutsch: Monarchfalter · English: Monarch butterfly · Français : Monarque · 日本語: オオカバマダラ · Polski: Monarcha · 中文: 黑脉金斑蝶 · |
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[edit] Adults
[edit] Males
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 Male feeding on the nectar of an Oxalis |
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 A closeup of the wing of a male Monarch |
 A male monarch in its habitat |
 A nectar feeding male |
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 An untagged butterfly prepared for identification tagging. |
 A identification tagged butterfly |
 Tagged butterfly closeup |
[edit] Females
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 Female laying an egg on Asclepias tuberosa x Asclepias incarnata. |
 A female butterfly drinking with other Monarchs in butterfly house in Lisbon |
[edit] Others
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 The butterfly's proboscis clearly shown feeding inside a flower. |
 A monarch feeding on a red zinnia |
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 A monarch and a Queen butterfly feeding on a Tithonia rotundifolia |
 Feeding from Metrosideros collina 'Tahiti' with a Vespula germanica wasp. |
 Danaus plexippus f. nivosus |
 Monarch Resting Area |
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[edit] Clusters
 A flock of monarchs overwintering |
 Monarch wintering in Santa Cruz, California |
 Monarch wintering in Santa Cruz, California |
 Monarch wintering in Santa Cruz, California |
 Monarch wintering in Santa Cruz, California |
 Monarch wintering in Santa Cruz, California |
 Monarch wintering in Santa Cruz, California |
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 Monarch wintering in Angangueo, Mexico |
 Mexico |
 Mexico |
,_CA_-_photos_by_Mike_Baird,_bairdphotos.com_01.jpg) Los Osos (Baywood), CA |
 Mexico |
 California |
 Morelia, Mexico |
 Morelia, Mexico |
 Pacific Grove, California. |
[edit] Development
 Egg |
 Caterpillar and mite |
 Caterpillars |
 Caterpillar |
 Caterpillar |
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 Caterpillar |
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 Caterpillar eating a flower bud of Asclepias curassavica |
 Caterpillars feeding on Asclepias curassavica |
 Caterpillar crawling |
 Caterpillar eating a swan plant leaf |
 Caterpillar in its habitat on an Asclepias tuberosa |
 A caterpillar beginning pupation |
 A caterpillar beginning pupation |
 Ppupa |
 Pupa |
 Pupa |
 Pupa |
 Pupa |
 Pupa |
 Emerging |
 Emerging |
 Emerging |
 Emerging |
 Emerging |
[edit] Illustrations
.jpg) Illustrative male specimen |
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 Pupation of Danaus plexippus, drawn by C. V. Riley |
 Overwintering area of Danaus plexippus in Mexico 1993/94-2005/06 |
 Distribution (large) |
 Distribution with date of first record (large) |
 Distribution (small) |
 Distribution with date of first record (small) |
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