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# 10199

Monarch
(Danaus plexippus)

Family: Nymphalidae
Sub Family: Danainae

This Monarch is on zinnia from my garden it had just emerged.The Monarch is the most widespread butterfly in the world. It migrates in the fall for the fir clad Mexican mtns.

Hosts: Milkweeds (Asclepias).

Photo taken on 10/08/99 at my garden in Orange County, NC.