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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Butterflies and Skippers (Papilionoidea) » Brush-footed Butterflies (Nymphalidae) » Milkweed Butterflies & Glasswings (Danainae) » Milkweed Butterflies (Danaini) » Danaus » Monarch - Hodges#4614 (Danaus plexippus)
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Butterflies - Danaus plexippus - male
Copyright © 2006 JC Sullivan

Butterflies - Danaus plexippus - Male
Windsor, Essex, Ontario, Canada
July 9, 2006
I believe this to be a Monarch but I understand there are more than one type. I don't know what the yellow one is called.

I saw these two fellows just as I was to turn the sprinkler on, I was so excited that I didn't setup the tripod.
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Contributed by JC Sullivan on 9 July, 2006 - 9:44am
Last updated 2 March, 2007 - 7:23am

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… Beatriz Moisset, 20 July, 2006 - 5:40pm login or register to post comments

Yes, Monarch -
and this is a male - you can see the black dots on the hind wings, which are its scent glands. See guide.

I unlinked your images - only images of the same specimen should be linked.
… Hannah Nendick-Mason, 9 July, 2006 - 9:49am login or register to post comments

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