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Monarch butterfly caterpillar D. p. plexippus Piedra Herrada, Mexico. The monarch butterfly or simply monarch (Danaus plexippus) is a milkweed butterfly (subfamily Danainae) in the family Nymphalidae. [6] Other common names, depending on region, include milkweed, common tiger, wanderer, and black-veined brown. [7]
This genus was formerly split into the subgenera Danaus, Salatura, and Anosia, but this arrangement has been abolished.While the first (the 2–3 monarch butterflies) and Salatura (species ismare, genutia, affinis, and melanippus) do indeed seem to be clades, the relationship of these to the other species, especially the puzzling D. dorippus, is not clear.
The agency launched a review of the the butterfly's status at the end of 2014, concluding six years later that listing was warranted but other species took priority. The center filed a federal lawsuit and won a settlement in 2022 that called for the government to decide whether to list monarchs by September 2024.
Papilioninae: swallowtails (37 species) Hesperiidae: skippers (300 species) Pyrrhopyginae: firetips (1 species) Pyrginae: spread-wing skippers (138 species) Heteropterinae: skipperlings (7 species) Hesperiinae: grass skippers (141 species) Megathyminae: giant-skippers (13 species) Pieridae: whites and sulphurs (70 species) Pierinae: whites (29 ...
Federal wildlife officials on Tuesday proposed protecting the striking long-distance migrators under the Endangered Species Act after dramatic population drops. Monarch butterflies proposed for ...
The public will have until March 12, 2025 to comment on the proposal to list the monarch butterfly. The service will then evaluate the comments and any additional information on the species to ...
The service announced a proposal to list the butterfly as threatened with risk of extinction under the Endangered Species Act. The eastern monarchs have seen an 80% decline in the migratory ...
Monarch butterfly: Danaus plexippus: 1992 [17] Illinois: Monarch butterfly: Danaus plexippus: 1975 [18] Indiana: Say's firefly: Pyractomena angulata: 2018 [19] Kansas: European honey bee: Apis mellifera: 1976 [20] Kentucky: European honey bee (state agricultural insect) Apis mellifera: 2010 [21] Viceroy butterfly (state butterfly) Limenitis ...