“The painted lady butterflies reached South America from West Africa, flying at least 4,200 km [2609.8 mi] over the Atlantic. But their journey could have been even longer, starting in Europe ...

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

A study on painted lady butterflies reveals that their migration patterns are shaped by environmental cues rather than ...

Painted lady butterflies are world travelers. The ones we encounter in Europe fly from Africa to Sweden, ultimately returning ...

Painted lady butterflies venture far and wide with their ... They even couldn’t fly very much — they kind of jumped instead of flying,” said Talavera, a Spanish National Research Council ...

One butterfly alone could not manage the journey, so it is completed in stages, with up to six successive generations spending their lives flying north. The painted lady recently took the crown for ...

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. But what determines whether some ...

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

Painted lady butterflies are world travelers ... starting from Northwest Africa and flying over the Mediterranean Sea to Europe. Subsequent generations then make their way to Great Britain ...