queen
(Danaus gilippus)
Conservation • Description • Habitat • Biology • Distribution • Taxonomy
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Description |
Queen is a rare stray in Minnesota, so rare that there is just a single record of it in the state. It was observed in Nobles County on May 24, 2000. |
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Habitat |
Open areas including fields, roadsides, pastures, and waterways. |
Biology |
Season |
July to August |
Behavior |
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Life Cycle |
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Larva Hosts |
Milkweed and possibly dogbane. |
Adult Food |
Nectar from flowers including milkweeds and lance-leaf fog-fruit. |
Distribution |
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Sources 21. |
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Occurrence |
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Rare stray in Minnesota |
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Taxonomy |
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Superfamily |
Papilionoidea (butterflies) |
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Subfamily |
Danainae (milkweed butterflies) |
Tribe |
Danaini (tiger and crow butterflies) |
Subtribe |
Danaina (tiger butterflies) |
Genus |
Danaus (tiger milkweed butterflies) |
Subgenus |
Anosia |
Subordinate Taxa |
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Florida queen (Danaus gilippus ssp. berenice) Hispaniolan queen (Danaus gilippus ssp. cleothera) queen (Danaus gilippus ssp. candidus) queen (Danaus gilippus ssp. hermippus) queen (Danaus gilippus ssp. jamaicensis) queen (Danaus gilippus ssp. nivosus) queen (Danaus gilippus ssp. wheeleri) queen (Danaus gilippus ssp. xanthippus) striated queen (Danaus gilippus ssp. thersippus) western queen (Danaus gilippus ssp. gilippus) |
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Synonyms |
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Danaus candidus |
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Common Names |
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queen |
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Captive insect – Butterfly Garden at the Minnesota Zoo in Apple Valley, Minnesota. |
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Queen Butterflies in the Vekol Wash |
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Uploaded on Nov 30, 2008 Gorgeous queen butterflies (danaus gilippus) in the wild flitting about blooming hop bush in the Vekol Wash in the Sonoran Desert of Arizona. Original music by filmmaker. |
Meet the Danaus gilippus Caterpillar |
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Uploaded on Feb 1, 2011 The Danaus gilippus (Queen Butterfly) Larva |
Queen Butterfly Danaus gilippus drinking from Milkweed |
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Published on Sep 16, 2012 A beautiful Queen butterfly drinking from scarlet milkweed in my wildlife garden in Miami, FL I have seeds and cuttings for sale! |
Reina o Falsa Monarca (Danaus gilippus) sobre Campuloclinium macrocephalum |
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Published on Apr 28, 2013 Reina o Falsa Monarca (Danaus gilippus) sobre Campuloclinium macrocephalum (antes Eupatorium macrocephalum). EcoRegistros |
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Queen Butterflies in the Vekol Wash |
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Uploaded on Nov 30, 2008 Gorgeous queen butterflies (danaus gilippus) in the wild flitting about blooming hop bush in the Vekol Wash in the Sonoran Desert of Arizona. Original music by filmmaker. |
Meet the Danaus gilippus Caterpillar |
About
Uploaded on Feb 1, 2011 The Danaus gilippus (Queen Butterfly) Larva |
Queen Butterfly Danaus gilippus drinking from Milkweed |
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Published on Sep 16, 2012 A beautiful Queen butterfly drinking from scarlet milkweed in my wildlife garden in Miami, FL I have seeds and cuttings for sale! |
Reina o Falsa Monarca (Danaus gilippus) sobre Campuloclinium macrocephalum |
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Published on Apr 28, 2013 Reina o Falsa Monarca (Danaus gilippus) sobre Campuloclinium macrocephalum (antes Eupatorium macrocephalum). EcoRegistros |
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