Monarch by GiMi53

Photography • Insects • posted on Feb 27, 2011

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Description

The Monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) is a milkweed butterfly (subfamily Danainae), in the family Nymphalidae. It is perhaps the best known of all North American butterflies. The Monarch is famous for its southward migration and northward return in summer in the Americas which spans the life of three to four generations of the butterfly. In Europe it is resident in the Canary Islands, the Azores, and Madeira, and is found as an occasional migrant in Western Europe. I captured this one in the garden of the Parador de la Isla de La Palma Birds fans : stay tuned: much more (from La Palma) to come ! Thank you very much for your comments on my previous upload: