monarch butterfly
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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[edit]
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[1]:
- 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[edit]
- (Danaus plexippus): milkweed butterfly
Translations[edit]
Danaus plexippus
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References[edit]
- ^ 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[edit]
monarch butterfly on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Danaus plexippus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Danaus plexippus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
