A broadly distributed migratory butterfly travels varying distances, influenced by environmental conditions rather than following genetically coded instructions, according to a study. The ...

Scientists show that the different migration strategies are shaped by environmental conditions rather than being encoded in the butterfly's DNA. Painted lady butterflies are world travelers.

Painted lady butterflies follow a multi-generational migration cycle. The journey begins in Northwest Africa ... isotopic composition to the environment where it developed. Since a butterfly’s wings ...

"The painted lady is a strikingly beautiful and colorful butterfly species," says Shipilina ... travels in one section of the annual migratory cycle, with its offspring continuing their journey ...

The findings challenge previous assumptions about butterfly migration and highlight the role of phenotypic plasticity.

A recent study provides insights into the life history and behaviour of the endemic Cape Autumn Widow butterfly (Dira clytus), a species endemic to South Africa.

Painted lady butterflies are world travelers. The ones we encounter in Europe fly from Africa to Sweden, ultimately returning to areas north and south of the Sahara.

A broadly distributed migratory butterfly travels varying distances, influenced by environmental conditions rather than following genetically coded instructions, according to a study. The ...

Like tiny stained-glass windows fluttering around, they share a similar growth cycle to that of ... of our eggs we aren't a butterfly yet but a caterpillar. Slowly moving and always eating. This is ...

they share a similar growth cycle to that of a Christian. All of us in one time or another go through a transformation and become a new person. Though this transformation might take time and be ...