How Long Do Butterflies Live, Really?
In short: The monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) goes from egg to caterpillar to chrysalis to adult, and its autumn super generation lives 7 to 9 months as adults, while most adults live only a few weeks.
A 1:21 short film in the series “Nature: How Long Can It Live?”, narrated by intellect_voice_01.
Sources used in this film: PubMed Central (PMC), US National Library of Medicine / National Institutes of Health; article in a peer-reviewed entomology journal, “The role of a non-native host plant in altering the seasonal dynamics of Danaus plexippus (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) development”; National Museums Scotland, “The incredible migration of the Monarch Butterfly | National Museums Scotland”; Encyclopaedia Britannica, “Monarch butterfly | Life Cycle, Caterpillar, Migration, & Facts | Britannica”.
Sources used in this film
- PubMed Central (PMC), US National Library of Medicine / National Institutes of Health; article in a peer-reviewed entomology journal — The role of a non-native host plant in altering the seasonal dynamics of Danaus plexippus (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) development · View →
- National Museums Scotland — The incredible migration of the Monarch Butterfly | National Museums Scotland · View →
- Encyclopaedia Britannica — Monarch butterfly | Life Cycle, Caterpillar, Migration, & Facts | Britannica · View →
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Sources
- Summary by Intellect · source: PubMed Central (PMC), US National Library of Medicine / National Institutes of Health; article in a peer-reviewed entomo: The role of a non-native host plant in altering the seasonal dynamics of Danaus plexippus (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) development
- Also: National Museums Scotland: The incredible migration of the Monarch Butterfly | National Museums Scotland
- Also: Monarch butterfly | Life Cycle, Caterpillar, Migration, & Facts | Britannica
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