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Taxon: Species Danaus plexippus (C. Linnaeus, 1758) - monarch butterfly (butterfly)
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Authorship

Original name Linnaeus, C. 1758. Syst. Nat. (ed. 10) 1: 471.
Original rank
Subsequent generic combination

Types

Type ofDanaus (Genus) Kluk, 1780 Ref: Hemming, 1933. Entomologist 66: 222. [new]
Nominotypical taxon [ICZN]Danaus plexippus plexippus Ref: D.J. Stang (comp.), 2004-present: 22 Nov 2005. [inferred]

Combinations

BasionymPapilio plexippus Linnaeus, 1758 Ref: N. Wahlberg (ed.), [2006]: 6 Oct 2008.
Different combinationDanais plexippus (C. Linnaeus, 1758)

Synonyms

Synonymous name (subjective)Danaus archippus Fabricius, 1793 Ref: N. Wahlberg (ed.), [2006]: 6 Oct 2008.

Vernacular Names (Dutch)

Full namemonarch

Vernacular Names (English)

Full namemonarch butterfly
milkweek Ref: C. Pratt, 1981
monarch Ref: C. Pratt, 1981
milkweed butterfly
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