North American Monarch butterflies

A small family of tropical or subtropical butterflies with only a few members like the milkweed or monarch species. Their wingspan extends to 7-10 cm, and their annual mass migration is spectacular the North American Monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus) fly in autumn from southern Canada as far south as Mexico and Florida. 

IRMS has been used as a tool for studying the origin and migratory behavior of various animals, including the North American monarch butterfly [64], bowhead (baleen) whales [65], and birds [66,67]. Muccio and Jackson [11] provide a useful overview of the appUca-tion of IRMS techniques for determining the movement of animals including cattle, elephants, and wild birds. 

Brower, J. V. Z. (1958) Experimental studies of mimicry in some North American butterflies. Part I. The monarch, Danaus plexippus, and viceroy, Limenitis archippus archippus. Evolution, 12, 32-47. 

Milkweeds exist in cornfields across most of the North American corn-growing regions and monarch butterflies utilize this resource as a host for their... 

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