Southern Monarch (Danaus erippus)
This photograph corresponds to a record of Southern Monarch (Danaus erippus) made in Complejo Residencial El Paso, Santo Tomé, Santa Fe, Argentina on 15/11/2014. The photograph was published by Hernán Ernesto Bortondello and is part of the EcoRegistros biodiversity database.
Author's comments:
Entiendo que es un macho pues ellos tienen en cada ala posterior un punto negro con relieve (aquí se aprecia perfectamente). Es un estigma, órgano que produce feromonas masculinas.
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Record
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum / Division: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Scientific name: | Danaus erippus |
| English Name: | Southern Monarch |
| Spanish Name: | Monarca del Sur |
| Portuguese Name: | Monarca Do Sul |
| Sex: | Male |
| Life stage: | Adult |
| Registration date: | 15/11/2014 |
| Country: | Argentina |
| Province / Department: | Santa Fe |
| Location or protected area: | Santo Tomé |
| Detailed location: | Complejo Residencial El Paso |
| Coordinates - Detailed location: | -31.633159, -60.759464 |
| Altitude - Detailed location: | 18 m a.s.l. |
| Location accuracy: | Medium |
| Belonging: | Native |
| Condition: | Wild |
| Certainty: | Photographed |
| Reproduction information: | No |
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| Photography ID: | 94971 View Full Record |
| Publication date: | 04/19/2015 08:27:30 |
