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Tribe Danaini - Milkweed Butterflies

Monarch Butterfly Egg With Tiny Roaming Worm on Milkweed Leaf - Danaus plexippus

Queens mating - Danaus gilippus - male - female

In question late stage larva? - Danaus plexippus

Monarch with dark, smudged looking wings - Danaus plexippus - female

Nymphalidae: Danaus plexippus - Danaus plexippus

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

Superfamily Papilionoidea (Butterflies and Skippers)

Family Nymphalidae (Brush-footed Butterflies)

Subfamily Danainae (Milkweed Butterflies & Glasswings)

Tribe Danaini (Milkweed Butterflies)

Explanation of Names

Tribe Danaini Boisduval, [1833]

Contributed by David J. Ferguson on 7 January, 2011 - 7:03am
Additional contributions by Chuck Entz, Mike Quinn
Last updated 27 December, 2017 - 8:12pm

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