| Common Name: | Butterfly, Monarch | | Scientific Name: | Danaus plexippus | | Family: | Nymphalidae (Brushfoots) - sub Family Danaidae (Milkweed Butterflies) | | Area: | Buckskin Mountain State Park, Arizona | | Date: | November 18, 2012 | 
Monarch Butterflies are a large butterfly with a four inch wing span. They are well known for their migration from the Pacific Northwest to Southern California and Mexico. | 
Buckskin Mountain State Park - - - January 9, 2011 | 
Elkton Community Education Center - Elkton, Oregon - - - September 2, 2006 | | Reference: | National Audubon Society Field Guide to Insects & Spiders |
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