Danaus plexippus

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Danaus plexippus - large migratory American butterfly having deep orange wings with black and white markings; the larvae feed on milkweedmilkweed butterfly, monarch butterfly, monarchdanaid, danaid butterfly - large tropical butterfly with degenerate forelegs and an unpleasant tasteDanaus, genus Danaus - type genus of the Danaidae: monarch butterflies