ocr: Funk & Wagnalls Encyclopedia MONARCHBUTTERFLY, the most CUIIIIIUII species, Danaus plexippus, of the family Danaidae, the Monarch Buttertv milkweed buttertles. Their order is Lepidoptera (see BUTTERFLIES AND MOTHS). The monarch occurs throughout the world, mainly in North, Central and South America. The adult has wings ofa striking reddish-brown, with black veins and black borders with two rows of white dots. The wingspread 1s
