queen
(Danaus gilippus)
Conservation • Description • Habitat • Biology • Distribution • Taxonomy
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| IUCN Red List | not listed |
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| NatureServe | N5 - Secure |
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| Minnesota | not listed |
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Description |
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Habitat |
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Open areas including fields, roadsides, pastures, and waterways. |
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Biology |
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Season |
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July to August |
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Behavior |
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Life Cycle |
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Larva Hosts |
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Milkweed and possibly dogbane. |
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Adult Food |
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Nectar from flowers including milkweeds and lance-leaf fog-fruit. |
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Occurrence |
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Rare stray in Minnesota |
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Taxonomy |
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Order |
Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths) | ||
Superfamily |
Papilionoidea (butterflies) | ||
Family |
Nymphalidae (brush-footed butterflies) | ||
Subfamily |
Danainae (monarchs) | ||
Tribe |
Danaini (milkweed butterflies) | ||
| Subtribe | Danaina | ||
Genus |
Danaus | ||
| Subgenus | Anosia | ||
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Common Names |
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queen |
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Slideshows |
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| Queen DianesDigitals |
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Copyright DianesDigitals Queen - Danaus gilippus |
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| Danaus gilippus (Queen) Allen Chartier |
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Other Videos |
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| Queen Butterflies in the Vekol Wash waywardmuse |
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Uploaded on Nov 30, 2008 Gorgeous queen butterflies (danaus gilippus) in the wild flitting about blooming hop bush in the Vekol Wash in the Sonoran Desert of Arizona. Original music by filmmaker. |
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| Meet the Danaus gilippus Caterpillar LOBAM! |
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Uploaded on Feb 1, 2011 The Danaus gilippus (Queen Butterfly) Larva |
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| Queen Butterfly Danaus gilippus drinking from Milkweed Jesus Blanco |
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Published on Sep 16, 2012 A beautiful Queen butterfly drinking from scarlet milkweed in my wildlife garden in Miami, FL I have seeds and cuttings for sale! |
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| Reina o Falsa Monarca (Danaus gilippus) sobre Campuloclinium macrocephalum cmgrassini |
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Published on Apr 28, 2013 Reina o Falsa Monarca (Danaus gilippus) sobre Campuloclinium macrocephalum (antes Eupatorium macrocephalum). EcoRegistros |
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