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Royal Beauty This Monarch Butterfly strikes a Royal pose. Photo taken in Windsor, Vermont (USA) Danaus plexippus,Monarch,Royal Beauty Click/tap to enlarge

Royal Beauty

This Monarch Butterfly strikes a Royal pose. Photo taken in Windsor, Vermont (USA)

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The monarch butterfly or simply monarch is a milkweed butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. Other common names depending on region include milkweed, common tiger, wanderer, and black veined brown. It may be the most familiar North American butterfly, and is considered an iconic pollinator species.

Similar species: Moths And Butterflies
Species identified by Ferdy Christant
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Uploaded Sep 4, 2014. Captured Sep 4, 2014 15:29.
  • Canon EOS 20D
  • f/7.1
  • 1/200s
  • ISO100
  • 135mm