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Insects

In the Madeira Archipelago, the insect group represents about 75% of all the known animal species. Factors like the geographic isolation and the existence of scarcely explored habitats have... [ read more ]

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Monarch

Common name: Monarch.

Scientific name: Danaus plexippus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Family: Danaidae

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Small Copper

Common name: Small Copper.

Scientific name: Lycaena phlaeas phlaeoides (Staudinger, 1901)

Family: Lycaenidae

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Red Admiral

Common name: Red Admiral.

Scientific name: Vanessa atalanta (Linnaeus, 1758)

Family: Nymphalidae

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