A borboleta-monarca (ou Danaus plexippus) é uma borboleta encontrada em várias partes do mundo, mas é vista com mais frequência nas Américas do Norte e do Sul. A espécie tem uma envergadura de 8,9 cm a 10,2 cm e pesa aproximadamente 0,5 g. Suas asas são alaranjadas com veios pretos proeminentes, contornadas de preto com manchas brancas. As patas e antenas são pretas, e o corpo é preto com manchas brancas. As lagartas da borboleta-monarca têm o corpo volumoso coberto de listras amarelas, pretas e brancas.
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Some populations of monarch butterflies are migratory and will migrate over 4800km from Canada and the Northern USA to Mexico. It may take 4 generations of butterflies to complete this round trip.
During the migration of the monarch butterfly, thousands of butterflies will cluster together to create the ideal temperature for themselves.
When male monarch butterflies attempt to court and mate with females, 30% of the time they will accidentally grab a male and attempt to mate with him.
Monarch butterfly caterpillars feed on poisonous milkweed which makes them toxic to predators. The orange/red colour of the adults is thought to signal danger for this reason.
During the caterpillar stage, a monarch caterpillar will eat 200 times its bodyweight in milkweed.
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