Danaus plexippus

1 Monarch at Blue Mountains National Park

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Identification history

Danaus plexippus	24 May 2019	MichaelBedingfield
Danaus plexippus	19 May 2019	MichaelBedingfield
Unverified	18 May 2019	RobParnell

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3 comments

MichaelBedingfield wrote:

19 May 2019

Possibly a monarch butterfly, Danaus plexippus, exotic, see
https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/offtrack/the-bitter-taste-of-the-monarch-butterfly/10391428
https://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:edefc908-abed-43b5-a906-e2df23d9f7cb

MichaelBedingfield wrote:

21 May 2019

Species added to taxonomy, ready for confirmation.

SuziBond wrote:

24 May 2019

Hi Michael, Rob, this is a Monarch caterpillar.

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Location information

Coordinates 150.185261 -34.082331
Maps Blue Mountains National Park Wollondilly Local Government Area
Places Blue Mountains National Park, NSW

Sighting information

4 - 15 Abundance
29 Mar 2019 04:07 PM Recorded on
RobParnell Recorded by
Collections
RobParnell Southern Highlands NatureMapr Nymphs (Nymphalidae) Butterflies (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera) Insects

Species information

Danaus plexippus Scientific name
Monarch Common name
Not Sensitive
Exotic
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 1326.7m Recorded at altitude
81 images trained Machine learning
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