Dr. Rudi Mattoni, Butterflies of Greater Los Angeles
http://www.laep.org/uclasp/ISSUES/butterflies/nymphalidae.html
| Common Name | Monarch |
| Scientific Name | Danaus plexippus |
| Family | Nymphalidae |
| Description | orange with black boarder and tiny white spots |
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Dr. Rudi Mattoni, Butterflies of Greater Los Angeles http://www.laep.org/uclasp/ISSUES/butterflies/nymphalidae.html |
| Habitate | open areas |
| General Distribution | throughout United States, Southern Canada, and Central Mexico |
| Larval food | milkweed |
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| Interesting facts | distasteful to birds, migrate to central Mexico and coastal California |