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Danaus plexippus  (Linnaeus, 1758)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 117273

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): Monarch [English]
  
    monarch butterfly [English]
  
    monarque [French]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  -- Animal, animals, animaux  
    PhylumArthropoda  -- arthropodes, arthropods, Artrópode  
       SubphylumHexapoda  -- hexapods  
          ClassInsecta  -- hexapoda, insectes, insects, inseto  
             SubclassPterygota  -- insects ailés, winged insects  
                InfraclassNeoptera  -- modern, wing-folding insects  
                   OrderLepidoptera  -- Borboleta, butterflies, Mariposa, moths, papillons, papillons de nuit  
                      SuperfamilyPapilionoidea Latreille, 1802 -- butterflies, papillons  
                         FamilyNymphalidae Rafinesque, 1815 -- admirals, anglewings, brush-footed butterflies, brushfoot butterflies, Brushfooted Butterflies, checker-spots, crescent-spots, fritillaries, mourningclocks, purples  
                            SubfamilyDanainae Boisduval, 1833 -- Monarchs  
                               TribeDanaini Boisduval, 1833  
                                  SubtribeDanaina Boisduval, 1833  
                                     GenusDanaus Kluk, 1780  
                                        SubgenusDanaus (Danaus) Kluk, 1780  
                                           SpeciesDanaus plexippus (Linnaeus, 1758) -- Monarch, monarch butterfly, monarque  
    Direct Children:  
                                              Subspecies Danaus plexippus plexippus (Linnaeus, 1758)  
       

 References
       
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  Source: Checklist of North American Butterflies, 2nd Edition, website (version 2)  
  Acquired: 2009   
  Notes: Produced by the North American Butterfly Association (NABA) Names Committee, and available online (with corrections) at http://www.naba.org/pubs/checklst.html (web page may not be identical to the printed edition)   
  Reference for: Danaus plexippus, Monarch [English]   
       
  Source: Common names of Insects in Canada, database (version 1999)  
  Acquired: 2003   
  Notes: Entomological Society of Canada / société d'entomologie du Canada   
  Reference for: monarch butterfly [English], monarque [French]   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Danaus plexippus   
       
  Source: Stoetzel, M. B., 1989, database (version 1.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: monarch butterfly [English]   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Pelham, Jonathan P.  
  Publication Date: 2008   
  Article/Chapter Title: A catalogue of the butterflies of the United States and Canada with a complete bibliography of the descriptive and systematic literature   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera, vol. 40   
  Page(s): xiv + 658   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 0022-4324   
  Notes: As noted in the Introduction, Pelham intentionally diverges from the Code's provisions on gender agreement (Articles 31 & 34), following original orthography instead   
  Reference for: Danaus plexippus   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: North America  
    Oceania  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin: Canada, Native  
    Continental US, Native  
    Hawaii, Introduced  
 

 

    

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