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Danaus plexippus
Monarch, monarch butterfly
Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area
			Record Status: Approved
Occurrence:	Present
Nativeness:	Native
Abundance:

Scientific Name with Authority:		Danaus plexippus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Park Preferred Common Name(s):
Park Synonyms:

Taxonomic Hierarchy:		Kingdom Animalia, Phylum Arthropoda, Subphylum Hexapoda, Subclass Pterygota, Order Lepidoptera, Family Nymphalidae, Genus Danaus, Species Danaus plexippus


Park Tags:
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Threatened/Endangered Status:		PT
State Species of Concern Status:
Ozone-sensitive Status:
NatureServe Global Rank:		G4
NatureServe State Rank:		KY: SNR; TN: S4
Evidence:		3 Observations, 0 Vouchers, 0 Data Store References, 0 External Links


Other Parks Where Species is Listed:
Agate Fossil Beds National Monument	Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site
Bandelier National Monument	Big Thicket National Preserve
Blue Ridge Parkway	Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve
Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area	Devils Tower National Monument
Fort Matanzas National Monument	Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania County Battlefields Memorial National Military Park
Friendship Hill National Historic Site	George Washington Carver National Monument
Grand Canyon National Park	Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Hawaii Volcanoes National Park	Jimmy Carter National Historical Park
Kenilworth Park and Aquatic Gardens	Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site
Mount Rushmore National Memorial	Petroglyph National Monument
Piscataway Park	Rock Creek Park
Scotts Bluff National Monument	Shenandoah National Park
Valles Caldera National Preserve	Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts


Last Modified Date:	8/17/2020

NPSpecies - The National Park Service biodiversity database. IRMA Portal version.https://irma.nps.gov/npspecies. Accessed 10/12/2025 9:45:38 AM

NatureServe Global Rank and State Rank

NatureServe. 2017. NatureServe Web Service. Arlington, VA. U.S.A. Available http://services.natureserve.org. Accessed: 12/4/2017. Updated quarterly.

This information is provided by NatureServe (www.natureserve.org) and its network of natural heritage member programs, a leading source of information about rare and endangered species, and threatened ecosystems.


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