Danaus plexippus

milkweed butterfly in the family Nymphalidae
Taxon taxon Q212398
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Danaus plexippus

Summary

Danaus plexippus is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.16% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,988 views/month, #307 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Danaus plexippus's image is recorded as Danaus plexippus MHNT femelle.jpg[3].
  • Danaus plexippus's image is recorded as Danaus plexippus MHNT.jpg[4].
  • Danaus plexippus's image is recorded as Monarch caterpillar (23229).jpg[5].
  • Danaus plexippus's instance of is recorded as taxon[6].
  • Danaus plexippus's audio is recorded as Monarch Butterfly G Barker 2023.ogg[7].
  • Danaus plexippus's taxon rank is recorded as species[8].
  • Danaus plexippus's IUCN conservation status is recorded as Least Concern[9].
  • Danaus plexippus's parent taxon is recorded as Danaus[10].
  • Danaus plexippus's taxon range map image is recorded as MonarchDistribution2-3a.png[11].
  • Danaus plexippus's taxon name is recorded as Danaus plexippus[12].
  • Danaus plexippus's GND ID is recorded as 4372518-1[13].
  • Danaus plexippus's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85086677[14].
  • Danaus plexippus's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 01190010[15].
  • Danaus plexippus's Commons category is recorded as Danaus plexippus[16].
  • Danaus plexippus's Unicode character is recorded as 🫌[17].
  • Danaus plexippus's IUCN taxon ID is recorded as 159971[18].
  • Danaus plexippus's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01knvc[19].
  • Danaus plexippus's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 13037[20].
  • Danaus plexippus's ITIS TSN is recorded as 117273[21].
  • Danaus plexippus's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 2682739[22].
  • Danaus plexippus's BioLib taxon ID is recorded as 51809[23].
  • Danaus plexippus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5133088[24].
  • Danaus plexippus's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Danaus plexippus[25].
  • Danaus plexippus's Commons gallery is recorded as Danaus plexippus[26].
  • Danaus plexippus's main food source is recorded as Apocynaceae[27].

Why It Matters

Danaus plexippus ranks in the top 0.16% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,988 views/month, #307 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 54 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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