Monarch butterfly
Monarch butterfly Female Male Conservation status Apparently Secure (NatureServe) [1] Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Euarthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Lepidoptera Family: Nymphalidae Genus: Danaus Species: D. plexippus Binomial name Danaus plexippus (Linnaeus, 1758) Synonyms Papilio plexippus Linnaeus, 1758 Danaus archippus (Fabricius, 1793) [2] Danaus menippe (Hübner, 1816) [3] Anosia plexippus Dyar, 1903 The monarch butterfly or simply monarch ( Danaus plexippus ) is a milkweed butterfly (subfamily Danainae) in the family Nymphalidae. [4] Other common names depending on region include milkweed , common tiger , wanderer , and black veined brown . [5] It may be the most familiar North American butterfly, and is considered an iconic pollinator species. [6] Its wings feature an easily recognizable black, orange, and white pattern, with a wingspan of 8.9–10