Wanderer
Details
Name:
Wanderer
Wanderer
Scientific Name:
Danaus plexippus
Danaus plexippus
Reference Number:
EM-057
EM-057
Description
Order Lepidoptera; Family Nymphalidae; Subfamily Danainae; Alternative common names: Monarch or Milkweed Butterfly - Detail of the wing - Distribution in Australia: patchily distributed in all mainland states & Tasmania wherever its introduced host plant Milkweed got established - An introduced species originaly from North America, it became established in Australia after its host plant Milkweed Gomphocarpus physocarpus had been artificially introduced in late 1880s
Additional Details
Reference Number: | EM-057 |
Scientific Name: | Danaus plexippus |
Image Order: | 100 |