Monarch butterfly
Danaus plexippus
At a glance
- Scientific name
- Danaus plexippus
- Class
- Insect
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Nymphalidae
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Size
- Tiny (under 10 cm)
- Active
- By day
- Continent
- North America, South America, Oceania
- Habitat
- Grassland, Towns and farms
- Conservation status
- Least concern
- Difficulty in WildGuessr
- Medium
Did you know?
- The generation that flies south to Mexico lives for months, while other generations live only weeks.
- Its bright orange warns birds off: the caterpillars store toxins from the milkweed they eat.
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- Western honey bee
Apis mellifera
Classification, names and conservation status come from Wikidata (CC0), the photo from Wikimedia Commons. Wikidata Q212398 · All animals · All entries