Wildlife Gardening/Taxon/Danaus plexippus/Variation
Variation
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Adults are sexually dimorphic.[1]
The shape and color of the wings change at the beginning of the migration and appear redder and more elongated than later migrants.[2] Wings size and shape differ between migratory and non-migratory monarchs. Monarchs from eastern North America have larger and more angular forewings than those in the western population.[3]
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Males are slightly larger than females[3][4] and have a black patch or spot of androconial scales on each hindwing. The male's black wing veins are lighter and narrower than those of females.[1] |
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Known informally as the "white monarch", but called nivosus by lepidopterists. It is grayish white in all areas of its wings that are normally orange and is only about 1% or less of all monarchs, but populations as high as 10% exist on Oahu in Hawaii. Also observed in Australia, New Zealand, Indonesia and the United States.[5] | |||||||
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- ↑ a b "Monarch, Danaus plexippus". Archived from the original on 15 December 2012. Retrieved 27 August 2008.
- ↑ Satterfield, Dara A.; Davis, Andrew K. (April 2014). "Variation in wing characteristics of monarch butterflies during migration: Earlier migrants have redder and more elongated wings". Animal Migration. 2 (1). doi:10.2478/ami-2014-0001.
- ↑ a b "Petition to protect the Monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus plexippus) under the endangered species act" (PDF). Xerces Society. Retrieved 1 September 2014.
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- ↑ Gibbs, Lawrence; Taylor, O.R. (1998). "The White Monarch". Department of Entomology University of Kansas. Retrieved 17 July 2014.