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Tribe Danaini - Milkweed Butterflies

monarch - Danaus plexippus Monarch butterfly caterpillar - Danaus plexippus Danaus gilippus - male Monarch butterfly - Danaus plexippus Danaus plexippus Queen or Soldier? - Danaus Danaus gilippus - Queen - Danaus gilippus - female Orange and Black Butterfly - Danaus plexippus - male
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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]