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Danaus plexippus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Linnaeus, C. (1758) Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae, 10th ed., Vol. 1, 824 pp. [in Latin] Available at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Arthropoda
class
Insecta
order
Lepidoptera
family
Nymphalidae
genus
Danaus
species
Danaus plexippus

Name

Synonyms
Danaida plexippus (Linnaeus)
Danais archippus fumosus Hulst, 1886
Danaus americanus Gunder, 1927
Danaus archippus (Fabricius, 1793)
Danaus curassavicae Fabricius, 1807
Danaus fumosus Hulst, 1886
Danaus leucogyne Butler, 1884
Danaus megalippe Hübner, 1826
Danaus menippe Hübner, 1816
Danaus menippe americanus Gunder, 1927
Danaus menippe nivosus Gunder, 1927
Danaus misippiformis Meuschen, 1781
Danaus nigrippus Haensch, 1909
Danaus nivosus Gunder, 1927
Danaus obliterata Dufrane, 1948
Danaus pulchra Strecker, 1900
Papilio archippus Fabricius, 1793
Papilio plexippus Linnaeus, 1758
Homonyms
Danaus plexippus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Common names
Milkweed [butterfly] in English
Milkweed [butterfly] in English
Milkweed [butterfly] in English
Monarch in German
Monarch in German
Monarch in German
Monarch in English
Monarch in English
Monarch in English
Monarch in English
Monarch in English
Monarch in German
Monarch Butterfly in English
Monarch Butterfly in English
Monarch butterfly in English
Monarchvlinder in Dutch
Monarchvlinder in Dutch
Monark in Danish
Monark in Danish
Monarque in French
Monarque (Le), Monarque américain (Le) in French
The Milkweed in English
The Milkweed in English
The Milkweed in English
le Monarque in French
monarch in English
monarch butterfly in English
monarchvlinder in Dutch
monarque in French
monarque in French
Monarch in English
Monarch in English
Monarch in English
Monarch in English
Monarch Butterfly in English
Monarch butterfly in English
Monarchvlinder in Dutch
Monarchvlinder in Dutch
Monarka in language.
Monarque in French
kóngafiðrildi in Icelandic
mariposa monarca in Spanish
monark in Norwegian Bokmål
monark in Swedish
monark in Danish
monarkki in Finnish
Amerikaanse monarch in Dutch
Gloynod y Llaethlys in Welsh
Glöyn y Llaethlys in Welsh
Mariposa Monarca in Spanish

Bibliographic References

  1. Eliasson, Ryrholm, Holmer, Jilg & Gärdenfors (2005) Nationalnyckeln till Sveriges flora och fauna. Fjärilar: Dagfjärilar. Hesperiidae-Nymphalidae
  2. Hall (2004) Fjärilar
  3. Pelham, Jonathan P., 2008: A catalogue of the butterflies of the United States and Canada with a complete bibliography of the descriptive and systematic literature. Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera, vol. 40. xiv + 658.
  4. Zimmerman (1958a), https://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/handle/10125/7336
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