Wing Color of Monarch Butterflies (Danaus plexippus) in Eastern North America across Life Stages: Migrants Are “Redder” than Breeding and Overwintering Stages

Monarch butterflies are famous among insects for their unique migration in eastern North America to overwinter sites in Mexico and their bright orange wing color, which has an aposematic function. While capturing migrating monarchs in northeast Georgia, USA, I noticed that many appeared to have unu...

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Main Author: Andrew K. Davis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2009-01-01
Series:Psyche: A Journal of Entomology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2009/705780
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