Danaus plexippus

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Danaus plexippus ♀ on Asclepias tuberosa x Asclepias incarnata

Danaus plexippus ♂ on Echinacea purpurea

Danaus plexippus caterpillar feeding on Asclepias incarnata

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Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Cladus: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Cladus: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Divisio: Ditrysia
Sectio: Cossina
Subsection: Bombycina
Superfamilia: Papilionoidea
Series: Papilioniformes
Familia: Nymphalidae
Subfamilia: Danainae
Tribus: Danaini
Subtribus: Danaina
Genus: Danaus
Species: Danaus plexippus

[edit] Name

Danaus plexippus (Linnaeus, 1758)

[edit] Synonyms

• Papilio plexippus Linnaeus, 1758, Syst. Nat. (Edn 10) 1: 471. TL: Kendall, New York, USA
• Danaus (Danaus) plexippus (Linnaeus, 1758)

[edit] References

• Ackery & Vane-Wright, 1984. Milkweed butterflies: Their cladistics and biology. British Museum (Natural History), London: 201.
• Lamas G., 2004, Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera; Checklist: Part 4A; Hesperioidea - Papilionoidea: #17.

[edit] Vernacular names

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