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Wanderer Butterfly

Danaus plexippus plexippus

Photo by RachaelB
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

Wanderer is known as Monarch Butterfly in North America. The Wanderer butterfly is a large black and orange butterfly.

Notes:

This is a male due to the ‘sex mark’ on the hind-wing (the two dark spots.)

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