MONARCH BUTTERFLIES

MONARCH BUTTERFLIES

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The Monarch butterfly

is known by scientists

as Danaus plexippus,

which in Greek

literally means

"sleepy

transformation."

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Subfamily:	Danainae
Genus:	Danaus
Species:	D. plexippus

Danaus plexippus