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Monarchfalter - Monarch butterfly

Monarchfalter - Monarch butterfly

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Monarchfalter - Monarch butterfly

1. Der Monarchfalter (Danaus plexippus) oder Amerikanische Monarch ist ein auffällig orange und schwarz gezeichneter Schmetterling (Tagfalter) aus der Familie der Edelfalter (Nymphalidae). Er ist in Amerika weit verbreitet und hat sich im 18. Jahrhundert über den Südpazifik bis nach Australien ausgebreitet. Der Monarchfalter ist der am besten erforschte Schmetterling Nordamerikas und ein berühmter Wanderfalter. Einzelne Tiere legen bei Wanderungen im Herbst in Nordamerika bis zu 3600 Kilometer zurück. Die östliche Population in Nordamerika überwintert mit mehreren 100 Millionen Tieren auf wenigen Hektar in der mexikanischen Sierra Nevada. Die deutlich kleinere westliche Population überwintert entlang der Pazifikküste in Kalifornien.
Gesehen in der Biosphäre Potsdam.
Quelle: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monarchfalter

2. The Monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) is a milkweed butterfly (subfamily Danainae) in the family Nymphalidae. It is perhaps the best known of all North American butterflies. Since the 19th century, it has been found in New Zealand, and in Australia since 1871, where it is called the wanderer. It is resident in the Canary Islands, the Azores, and Madeira, and is found as an occasional migrant in Western Europe and a rare migrant in the United Kingdom. Its wings feature an easily recognizable orange and black pattern, with a wingspan of 8.9–10.2 cm . (The viceroy butterfly is similar in color and pattern, but is markedly smaller, and has an extra black stripe across the hind wing.) Female monarchs have darker veins on their wings, and the males have a spot called the androconium in the center of each hind wing. Males are also slightly larger than female monarchs.
The monarch is famous for its southward late summer/autumn migration from the United States and southern Canada to Mexico and coastal California, and northward return in spring, which occurs over the lifespans of three to four generations of the butterfly.
(Wikipedia)
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