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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]
Name Common name Distribution Danaus affinis (Fabricius, 1775) Malay tiger, mangrove tiger, or swamp tiger: from Thailand to the Philippines and southwards through Indonesia to Melanesia and northeastern Australia Danaus chrysippus (Linnaeus, 1758) plain tiger, common tiger, African monarch, lesser wanderer, or African queen: Asia, Australia ...
Four species are found in North America: the monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus), the queen (Danaus gilippus), the tropical milkweed butterfly (Lycorea cleobaea), and the soldier butterfly (or "tropic queen", Danaus eresimus). Of these, the monarch is by far the most famous, being one of the most recognizable butterflies in the Americas.
Common tiger may refer to: Ictinogomphus ferox, a dragonfly of Africa; Danaus genutia, a butterfly of India, also called the striped tiger; Danaus melanippus, a butterfly of tropical Asia, also called the black veined tiger; Danaus plexippus, a butterfly of North America, also called the monarch
Danaus genutia, the common tiger, [1] [2] is one of the common butterflies of India. It belongs to the "crows and tigers", that is, the Danainae group of the brush-footed butterflies family. The butterfly is also called striped tiger in India to differentiate it from the equally common plain tiger, Danaus chrysippus . [ 3 ]
Its wings feature an orange and black pattern, and over most of its range it is a Müllerian mimic [4] with the monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus).The viceroy's wingspan is between 53 and 81 mm (2.1 and 3.2 in). [5]
Ophryocystis elektroscirrha (sometimes abbreviated OE or O.e. [1]) is an obligate, neogregarine protozoan parasite that infects monarch (Danaus plexippus) and queen (Danaus gilippus) butterflies. There are no other known hosts. The species was first discovered in Florida, around the late 1960s. [2]
Danaus chrysippus, also known as the plain tiger, [1] [2] African queen, [2] or African monarch, is a medium-sized butterfly widespread in Asia, Australia and Africa. [2] It belongs to the Danainae subfamily of the brush-footed butterfly family Nymphalidae .