monarch butterfly
English
Etymology
Believed to have been named in honor of King William III of England, as the butterfly’s main color is that of the king’s secondary title, Prince of Orange.[1]
Noun
monarch butterfly (plural monarch butterflies)
- A butterfly of the species Danaus plexippus, native to North and Central America.
- 2015 November 24, Patrick Barkham, “Pesticide may be reason butterfly numbers are falling in UK, says study”, in The Guardian:
- A US study published earlier this year found that dust emitted when seeds treated with neonicotinoids are planted causes sub-lethal effects in caterpillars of the monarch butterfly.
Hypernyms
- (Danaus plexippus): milkweed butterfly
Translations
Danaus plexippus
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References
- Douglas W. S. Sutherland (1992) “The Monarch Buterfly — Our National Insect”, in Jean Ruth Adams, editor, Insect Potpourri: Adventures in Entomology, Gainesville, Fla.: The Sandhill Crane Press, Inc., →ISBN, pages 28–29
Further reading
- monarch butterfly on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Danaus plexippus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Danaus plexippus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
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