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Monarch butterfly general species information

Name: Wild Lights at the Louisville Zoo
Start: 2026-06-14T19:00:00-04:00
End: 2026-06-14T23:00:00-04:00
Location: Louisville Zoo

Scientific name: Danaus plexippus

Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Danaidae
Genus: Danaus

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Monarch butterfly general species information

Distribution

Habitat/ Feeding

Reproduction

Lifecycle

Ecology/ Migration

Fall Migration

Spring Migration

Migration Map

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Population Status Graph

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Monarch butterfly general species information

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