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Monarch butterfly classification
A source-backed walk through the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy for Danaus plexippus.
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- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderLepidoptera
- FamilyNymphalidae
- GenusDanaus
- SpeciesDanaus plexippus
How to read this classification
Start at kingdom and follow each rank toward the species. Classification supplied by GBIF Backbone Taxonomy.