Image Number: 5581737

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Descriptor:
Larva(e)
Description:
Mid stage larva of the Puerto Rican monarch, a subspecies that is non-migratory
Image type:
Field

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Image location:
United States, Puerto Rico, Culebra

Subject

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Infraclass: Neoptera
Subclass: Pterygota
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Papilionoidea
Family: Nymphalidae
Subfamily: Danainae
Tribe: Danaini
Genus: Danaus
Subject: Danaus plexippus ssp. portoricensis Clark 1941

Host

Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Subclass: Asteridae
Order: Gentianales
Family: Asclepiadaceae
Genus: Calotropis
Subject: Calotropis procera (Ait.) Ait. F.
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Image uploaded:
Sunday, February 3, 2019
Image last updated:
Thursday, February 14, 2019