plexippus

See also: Plexippus

Translingual

Etymology

From Plēxippus, one of the 50 sons of Aegyptus (“a king of Egypt”), the twin brother of Danaus, who had 50 daughters.

Noun

plexippus

  1. A specific epithet of the monarch butterfly, Danaus plexippus

Derived terms
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