Species Detail - Monarch (Danaus plexippus) - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "Distribution Atlas of Butterflies in Ireland 1979 (An Foras Forbartha)".
Terrestrial Map - 10km
Terrestrial Map - 10km
Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 10km grid square (ITM).Marine Map - 50km
Marine Map - 50km
Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 50km grid square (WGS84).
Danaus plexippus
Monarch
NHMSYS0000502090
RecommendedWell-formed
Danaus archippus (Fabricius, 1793), Danaus erippus (Cramer, 1775), Danaus plexippus Linnaeus, Milkweed , Monarch or Milkweed
N/A
daple
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Insect - butterfly
Species
2
2
2
01/07/1964
08/08/1974
8 August (recorded in 1974)
6 October (recorded in 2001)
National Biodiversity Data Centre, Distribution Atlas of Butterflies in Ireland 1979 (An Foras Forbartha), National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Monarch (Danaus plexippus), accessed 20 January 2026, https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/94/Species/77249