Species Information

Kingdom: Animalia
  Phylum: Arthropoda
    Class: Insecta
      Order: Lepidoptera
        Family: Nymphalidae
          Genus: Danaus
            Species: plexippus

Monarch Butterfly - Danaus plexippus

Monarch Butterfly

Image courtesy of Biota Information System of New Mexico

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Species Extent (New Mexico)

General Description

A large orange butterfly that flies with its wings held in a 'V' shape.

Status

Global Rank: G4

State Rank: SNR

State Status:

Federal Status: Candidate for Listing [C]

USFS Status:

BLM Status: BLM SENSITIVE

SWAP Status:

NMRP Strategy Status:

Observations in Natural Heritage New Mexico Database

Number of Subpopulations: 39

Number of Mapped Locations: 45

Number of Observations: 54

Observation date range: 07-01-1913 to 01-01-2021

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