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Monarch - Danaus plexippus - male
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Monarch - Danaus plexippus - Male
Parkwood, Durham County, North Carolina, USA
October 22, 2005
Close-up showing the scent-scale patches (two dark oval marks along veins of hindwings) and claspers on abdomen.

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Contributed by Cotinis on 25 October, 2005 - 8:58am

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