Monarch butterfly

Monarch Butterfly (Danaus plexippus)

Importance to the environment

Taxonomy

General description

Domain: Eukarya

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Arthropoda

Class: Insecta

Order: Lepidoptera

Family: Danaidae

Genus: Danaus

Species: Plexippus

The monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus) have unique characteristics, they have a mix of orange and black colors, they are migratory butterflies, they follow the same process of transformation of every butterfly and they mostly feed on milkweed. (Insect identification writer SAFF, 2014)

Butterflies indicate a wide range of other invertebrates, which comprise over two-thirds of all species. Their most important job in the environment is that they pollinate flowers and help control natural pests, and as every organism they are a part of a general food chain. (Butterfly-conservation.org STAFF, 2015)

(Insect identification writer SAFF, 2014)