The monarch butterfly or simply monarch (Danaus plexippus) is a milkweed butterfly (subfamily Danainae) in the family Nymphalidae. Other common names,...
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Monarch butterfly migration is the phenomenon, mainly across North America, where the subspecies Danaus plexippus plexippus migrates each autumn to overwintering...
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The Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve (Spanish: Reserva de Biosfera de la Mariposa Monarca) is a World Heritage Site containing most of the overwintering...
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Butterflies are often polymorphic, and many species make use of camouflage, mimicry, and aposematism to evade their predators. Some, like the monarch...
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While butterflies like the painted lady (Vanessa cardui) are known to consume over 200 plants as caterpillars, other species like the monarch (Danaus...
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(Limenitis archippus) is a North American butterfly. It was long thought to be a Batesian mimic of the monarch butterfly, but since the viceroy is also distasteful...
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List of U.S. state insects (redirect from State butterfly)
many Americans". San Francisco Chronicle. "Idaho Symbols, Insect: Monarch Butterfly". Idaho State Symbols, Emblems, and Mascots. SHG resources, state...
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The Butterfly Monarch is an American autogyro, designed and produced by The Butterfly LLC of Aurora, Texas. The aircraft is supplied as a kit for amateur...
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Mena Massoud. Based on the real-life migration of monarch butterflies, the plot follows a young butterfly named Patrick who goes on a adventure over North...
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Monarch or Monarchy may also refer to: Danaus (genus), a genus of butterflies commonly called monarchs Danaus plexippus, the North American butterfly...
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Asclepias (category Butterfly food plants)
nectar from their flowers. A noteworthy feeder on milkweeds is the monarch butterfly, which uses and requires certain milkweeds as host plants for their...
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Danainae (redirect from Milkweed Butterfly)
the monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus), the queen (Danaus gilippus), the tropical milkweed butterfly (Lycorea cleobaea), and the soldier butterfly (or...
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Lepidoptera (redirect from Butterflies and Moths)
limenitidine viceroy butterfly in relation to the inedible danaine monarch. The viceroy is, in fact, more toxic than the monarch and this resemblance...
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politician. He was a manager of El Rosario Monarch Butterfly Preserve, a component of the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve, and a municipal president[clarification...
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adult butterflies live only one to two weeks, during which time they must produce a new generation. Some species, such as the familiar monarch butterfly, however...
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The Monarch Grove Sanctuary is an urban nature preserve in Pacific Grove, California. It protects the monarch butterflies that winter in Pacific Grove...
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Asclepias tuberosa (redirect from Butterfly Weed)
rough leaves and trichomes, it is not a preferred host plant of the monarch butterfly but caterpillars can be reared on it successfully. Further, it is...
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migration of the western population of the monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus). The population of western monarchs require very different breeding and overwintering...
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and manzanita were once a breeding ground for the monarch butterfly.[citation needed] The butterflies were once seen there in large masses, but have disappeared...
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Lepidoptera migration (redirect from Butterfly and moth migration)
the monarch butterfly which migrates from southern Canada to wintering sites in central Mexico. In late winter/early spring, the adult monarchs leave...
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Nymphalidae (redirect from Admiral butterfly)
brightly coloured and include popular species such as the emperors, monarch butterfly, admirals, tortoiseshells, and fritillaries. However, the under wings...
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slender than that of the monarch. The queen butterfly is related to two species to which it bears a striking resemblance: the monarch (Danaus plexippus) and...
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fringewing" – which is today also used for the introduced monarch butterfly. The Kamehameha butterfly was named the state insect of Hawaii in 2009, due to...
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dragonflies, sometimes ambushing them from above. It also takes monarch butterflies, eating the thorax and abdomen first to avoid the greatest concentration...
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plan for species that are at risk, including endemic species, the Monarch butterfly, the eastern ribbonsnake, and the eastern whip-poor-will. The aquatic...
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Asclepias curassavica (redirect from Mexican Butterfly Weed)
patterns of monarch butterflies when used in gardens outside of its native tropical range. Though public concern for the rapidly declining monarch population...
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Asclepias syriaca (category Butterfly food plants)
decline of the monarch butterfly. In 2018, the chief executive officer (CEO) of the National Wildlife Federation stated that the monarch butterfly population...
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insect. For example, the pupal stage lasts eight to fifteen days in monarch butterflies. The pupa may enter dormancy or diapause until the appropriate season...
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habitat for monarch butterflies. During monarch butterfly migration, Monarch Butterfly Natural Preserve has up to 150,000 monarch butterflies from October...
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neogregarine protozoan parasite that infects monarch (Danaus plexippus) and queen (Danaus gilippus) butterflies. There are no other known hosts. The species...
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