Monarch butterfly vs Seven-spot ladybird
They share the class Insecta but sit in different orders: Monarch butterfly in Lepidoptera, Seven-spot ladybird in Coleoptera.
Photo: Didier Descouens · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
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What is the difference between a monarch butterfly and a seven-spot ladybird?
Each point below is worked out from a pair of recorded values.
- They share the class Insecta but sit in different orders: Monarch butterfly in Lepidoptera, Seven-spot ladybird in Coleoptera.
- They have been recorded in 27 of the same countries (the monarch butterfly in 97 in total, the seven-spot ladybird in 95). Shared records include zoos, so this does not mean they meet in the wild.
Side by side
| Monarch butterfly | Seven-spot ladybird | |
|---|---|---|
| Scientific name | Danaus plexippus | Coccinella septempunctata |
| Family | Nymphalidae | Coccinellidae |
| Order | Lepidoptera | Coleoptera |
| Weight | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Length | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Lifespan | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Main food | Not recorded | aphid, Greenhouse whitefly, Diaphorina citri |
| Habitat | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Conservation status | Least Concern | Not recorded |
| Countries recorded | 97 | 95 |
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