AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -The long, seasonal migration of the monarch butterfly distinguishes the species from its peers. It is the only butterfly known to make a two-way migration similar to birds. The monarch butterfly migration is the longest within the insect kingdom as they undertake a tedious migratory journey of 4634 kilometres.

Detailed explanation-2: -Monarch butterflies embark on a marvelous migratory phenomenon. They travel between 1, 200 and 2, 800 miles or more from the northeast United States, and southeast Canada to the mountain forests in central Mexico, where they find the right climate conditions to hibernate from the beginning of November to mid-March.

Detailed explanation-3: -Monarch butterflies migrate to escape the cold winters in Canada and the United States to reach warm Mexico. The reverse migration occurs to take advantage of the plentiful food in Canada and US during summer.

Detailed explanation-4: -Not all monarch populations make major migrations. Monarchs migrate short distances in Australia and New Zealand. There are some populations, for instance in Florida and the Caribbean, that do not migrate, as well as another subspecies distributed in the Caribbean, Central America and northern South America.

Detailed explanation-5: -Sane explained: “Migrating butterflies come out when it’s sunny and make use of the breeze when it’s strong. Like other migrating animals, birds and insects, they move instinctively in a straight direction without stopping to eat or mate.”