# 10196

Monarch
(Danaus plexippus)

Family: Nymphalidae
Sub Family: Danainae

These Monarchs are on Veronica. The Monarch is the most widespread butterfly in the world. It migrates in the fall for the fir clad Mexican mountains.

Hosts: Milkweeds (Asclepias).

Photo taken on 10/01/99 at the Carolina Pavillion Butterfly House in Durham, NC.