Monarch butterfly

Danaus plexippus · Nymphalidae

The monarch butterfly or simply monarch is a milkweed butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. Other common names, depending on region, include milkweed, common tiger, wanderer, and black-veined brown. It is among the most familiar of North American butterflies and an iconic pollinator, although it is not an especially effective pollinator of milkweeds.

Where the Monarch butterfly lives

Recorded in United States of America, Canada and Mexico (North America).

Most records fall in California, Texas, Florida, Arizona, Oklahoma and Hawaii.

See the Monarch butterfly’s range on the globe

Conservation status

Least concern (LC). Not at risk: it is doing well in the wild. Categories are the IUCN Red List as republished by GBIF.

Sources

The range is a density of 819,223 georeferenced GBIF records, not an expert-drawn map. Description from Wikipedia.