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Mating Monarch Butterflies
These butterflies were a bright spot of color on a gloomy day!
Female monarchs have darker veins on their wings, and the males have a spot called the androconium in the center of each hind wing. Males are also slightly larger than females.
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
By Christine Young
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Uploaded Feb 9, 2018. Captured May 31, 2008 23:01 in 55 Locust St, Coventry, RI 02816, USA.
