Species profile—Danaus plexippus (monarch)
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Insecta (insects) → Nymphalidae (danaids, browns and nymphs) → Danaus plexippus (monarch)
Sighting data
Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Insecta (insects)
- Family
- Nymphalidae (danaids, browns and nymphs)
- Scientific name
- Danaus plexippus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Common name
- monarch
- Type reference
- Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per Regna tria Naturae, secundem Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentis, Synonymis, Locis. Tom.1 Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae 824 pp.
- WildNet taxon ID
- 19177
- Synonym(s)
- Danaus plexippus plexippus
- Alternate name(s)
- wanderer
black-veined brown butterfly
milkweed butterfly
red danais butterfly - Conservation significant
- No
- Endemicity
- Introduced
- Pest status
- Feral Animal
Other resources
Data source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0.
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=19177.
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
