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title: "Mariposa reina"
description: "Danaus gilippus — Insectos y arañas. The queen butterfly (Danaus gilippus) is a North and South American butterfly in the family Nymphalidae with a wingspan of 80–85 mm (3+1⁄8–3+3⁄8 in)."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/es/animal/queen
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Mariposa reina

> Danaus gilippus — Insectos y arañas. The queen butterfly (Danaus gilippus) is a North and South American butterfly in the family Nymphalidae with a wingspan of 80–85 mm (3+1⁄8–3+3⁄8 in).

- Scientific name: *Danaus gilippus*
- Category: `insects` (Insectos y arañas)
- Habitats: `grassland` (Praderas y campos), `desert` (Desierto)
- iNaturalist observations: 71647
- Wikidata: [Q310836](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q310836)
- iNaturalist taxon: [51743](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/51743)

## Names

- en: Queen
- es: Mariposa reina
- fr: Papillon Reine

## Countries with the most observations

US (57146), MX (9352), BR (1103), CO (233), PE (164), AR (162), EC (162), CR (151), PA (141), GT (133), HN (127), BZ (106)

## Summary

The queen butterfly (Danaus gilippus) is a North and South American butterfly in the family Nymphalidae with a wingspan of 80–85 mm (3+1⁄8–3+3⁄8 in). It is orange or brown with black wing borders and small white forewing spots on its dorsal wing surface, and reddish ventral wing surface fairly similar to the dorsal surface. The ventral hindwings have black veins and small white spots in a black border. The male has a black androconial scent patch on its dorsal hindwings. It can be found in meadows, fields, marshes, deserts, and at the edges of forests.
This species is possibly a close relative to the similarly colored…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_(butterfly)

## Photo

![Mariposa reina](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/queen/medium.jpg)

Photo: Irene · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/336746228

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/queen?lang=es` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).