A butterfly is an insect in a radiation of moths and butterflies, with a life cycle passing through egg, larva, pupa and adult. The feeding and dispersal roles of caterpillar and winged adult can be very different.
The monarch butterfly is Danaus plexippus, a butterfly whose larvae feed on milkweeds. Some populations undertake long-distance seasonal migration. Larval host dependence and adult movement link different habitats within one life cycle.[ref]
Danaus plexippus is the scientific species name of the monarch butterfly. Using the binomial connects observations made under different common names to the same biological species.[ref]

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