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Monarch Butterfly

Did You Know?

A fun fact about monarch butterflies is their incredible, multi-generational migration, where the butterflies flying south in the fall are a special "super generation" that lives up to eight months (much longer than other monarchs) to fly thousands of miles to Mexico or California, a journey none of them have ever made before, relying on the sun and Earth's magnetic field to navigate.

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WEIGHS
0.001 Lbs
0.0005 kg
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Scientific Name
Danaus plexippus
Lives For
2–6 weeks (up to 8–9 months for migratory generation)
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Country
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Continent
North America
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Diet
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Conservation Status
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Habitat