plexippus

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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

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