Monarch butterflies’ ancestors migrated

Wednesday, October 1, 2014 - 16:30 in Paleontology & Archaeology

The earliest monarch butterflies originated in North America and were migratory. Some of the insects later lost that ability as they moved into the tropics, a genetic analysis finds.

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