Monarch Butterfly (Danaus plexippus)

Monarch is a well known butterfly famous for its migration pattern from Southern Canada to Mexico. Single individium may fly thousands of kilometers during late summer and autumn towards Mexico and return on a generational migration back to North.

🇫🇷	Monarque
🇩🇪	Monarchfalter
🇲🇽	Monarca

Taxonomy

Order	Lepidoptera
Family	Nymphalidae

ID and Whereabouts

A large size butterfly with black/orange (female) or brown/orange (male) wings. Body is black with small white spots. Around the wings there is a dark band (black or brown) with white spots.

This butterfly species is common around Montreal and can be spotted in different parks with diversity of wild flowers.

Location	Spring	Summer	Autumn	Winter
Parc de la Frayère	-	x	-	-

"x" indicates the species was observed, while "-" indicates no observation. Lack of observation doesn't necessarily imply that the species is absent. Data is derived from our park visit journals.

Characteristics

Weight	0.05-0.06g
Wingspan	10-12cm