common name: monarch butterfly scientific name: Danaus plexippus Linnaeus (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Danainae) Introduction - Distribution - Description - Biology and Life Cycle - Hosts and Monarch Toxicity - Conservation Status - Natural Enemies - Selected References Introduction (Back to Top). 1961, Nene Gare, The Fringe Dwellers, Text Classics 2012, p. 41: ‘Skippy gets off. Danaus plexippus, Monarch [English] Source: Common names of Insects in Canada, database (version 1999) Acquired: 2003 : Notes: Entomological Society of Canada / société d'entomologie du Canada : Reference for: monarch butterfly[English], monarque [French] Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0) Acquired: 1996 : Notes: Reference for: Its scientific name, Danaus plexippus, is derived as follows. Genus: Danaus (Latin) from "Daunus", a fabled king of Apulia. (Aboriginal English) A police officer. Only part of this downturn is due to the "black death." The monarch butterfly is a milkweed butterfly that is a member of the genus Danaus. The monarch gets its poison (cardenolide glycosides) when it is a caterpillar, from eating the poisonous milkweed plant (genus Asclepias) while in its larval (caterpillar) stage. The monarch butterfly was given its name in 1758, by Carl Linnaeus, a Swedish botanist, zoologist, and physician. I couldn't track down a definitive statement anywhere, so this is an educated guess.) The famous migratory butterfly, the monarch (Danaus plexippus), is native to North and Central America and northern South America. (Elsewhere in South America, it is replaced by the southern monarch [Danaus erippus], a similar but essentially non-migratory species. The monarch butterfly population has crashed in recent years, experiencing an 80 percent decline in North American populations over the past few decades. The scientific name for the monarch butterfly is Danaus plexippus and it is also called the “wanderer”, “common tiger butterfly”, or the “black-veined brown butterfly”.
Monarch Butterfly Life Cycle Monarch butterflies are a species of winged insect in the family Nymphalidae and the genus Danaus . An ya know the first thing e says to them monarch? Monarch butterfly, (Danaus plexippus), familiar member of the milkweed butterfly group (subfamily Danainae, order Lepidoptera) known for its large size, its orange and black wings, and its long annual migrations.Monarchs are concentrated in North, Central, and South America but can also be found in Australia, Hawaii, India, and other locations, albeit intermittently in some. The binomial name for the monarch butterfly is Danaus plexippus. The monarch butterfly, Danaus plexippus, and others of genus Danaus, found primarily in North America, so called because of the designs on its wings. The monarchs, Danaus plexippus Linnaeus, are among the best known of the world's butterflies, … (Or maybe not. The butterfly's colour lead to the name: monarch.