One of the 15 butterflies on WAnimals
Insects · Lepidoptera · Nymphalidae
Danaus plexippus
It has not yet been assessed against the IUCN criteria.
It makes one of the most extraordinary migrations in the animal kingdom: up to 4,500 km between North America and the oyamel fir forests of Mexico — a journey no single butterfly completes, but several generations do.
Weight
0 g – 1 g
Size
9 cm – 10.4 cm
Life expectancy
1 year
Diet
Herbivore
Feeds mainly on plants.
Activity
Diurnal
Active mainly during the day.
Social structure
Colony
Lives in large concentrations, often for breeding reasons.
Sighting difficulty
Unknown
AI-generated images: illustrations, not photographs.
Sources consulted: LSU AgCenter; National Geographic; Britannica; U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service; USDA Forest Service
Parks and dive sites where this species has been documented — showing 10 of 31.
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The pins mark the parks where its presence is documented.
