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Who first discovered the Monarch butterfly?

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Who first discovered the Monarch butterfly?

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I’m not sure what this question means. Humans don’t really discover other species. We notice them in our environment and give them names, but many groups of humans in many areas probably noticed monarchs at different times. Monarchs were given the scientific name Danaus plexippus by Carolus Linneaus, who established the modern binomial system of nomenclature (genus name plus species name) for plants and animals. Q: How many Monarchs are there estimated to be in the world? A: I don’t think anyone has ever calculated this. There are monarchs in North and South America, many islands in the Pacific Ocean (including Australia and New Zealand), and other places (see Monarch Lab ). The number would depend on the time of year and would vary between years; if I had to give a number it would be in the 100’s of millions.

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