tune. 1  accordion, concertina - Accordion derives from Italian accordare, to tune, and both it and the concertina operate on the same basic principle; however, the accordion has a pianolike keyboard and is rectangular and bulky, while the concertina has buttons in headboards and is hexagonal and more portable.
Background Information: The Monarch butterfly belongs the kingdom Animalia, the phylum Anthropoda, the class Insecta, the order Lepidoptera, and the family Nymphalidae (Smith 2014). The genus and the epithet combine to yield the scientific name Danaus plexippus . Because it is multicellular, it belongs to the domain Eukaryota (Smith 2014).
Brilliant orange and black monarchs are among the most easily recognizable of the butterfly species which call the Americas home. Their migration takes them as far north as Canada and, during the winter months, as far south as Mexico City. A single monarch can travel hundreds to thousands of miles!