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Monarch butterflies are more likely to survive their long migrations if they have more and larger white spots on their wings, possibly because it gives them an aerodynamic advantage

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PLOS

How the monarch got its spots: Long-distance migration selects for larger white spots on monarch butterfly wings

image: Migratory monarchs have larger and more white spots than non-migratory relatives. view more 

Credit: Andrew K. Davis, using images courtesy of www.butterfliesofamerica.com with permission, CC-BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

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Article URL:  https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0286921

Article Title: How the monarch got its spots: Long-distance migration selects for larger white spots on monarch butterfly wings

Author Countries: USA

Funding: The authors received no specific funding for this work.

Journal

PLOS ONE

DOI

10.1371/journal.pone.0286921

Article Title

How the monarch got its spots: Long-distance migration selects for larger white spots on monarch butterfly wings

Article Publication Date

21-Jun-2023

COI Statement

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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