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Monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus)

Monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus)

Description:

Taken in Lisbon, Portugal, in butterfly garden (Jardim Botânico) http://static.publico.pt/borboletasnaweb...

Habitat:

Can be found in a wide range of habitats such as fields, meadows, prairie remnants, urban and suburban parks, gardens, and roadsides. It overwinters in conifer groves (wikipedia)

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2 Comments

AntónioGinjaGinja
AntónioGinjaGinja 12 years ago

José,welcome to project noah,great spotting,very nice photo.The spottings can be assingn to missions.There are many missions that you can join,consult the missions link in home page.Recently we creat the portuguese biodiversity mission
http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/8000...
if you want you can join us,there are also the orchids of portugal mission
http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/8501...
and many,many others,so any questions you can ask me or any body,and to the noah rangers who are the "voice" of noah,enjoy your self

CindyBinghamKeiser
CindyBinghamKeiser 12 years ago

Hello Jose, welcome to Project Noah! This is a beautiful photo. Thanks for sharing.

Jose Carlos Caria
Spotted by
Jose Carlos Caria

Lisboa, Portugal

Spotted on Aug 14, 2010
Submitted on Feb 11, 2012

Spotted for Mission

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