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 to areas north and south of the Sahara.

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

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

A painted lady in Morocco. In 2024, painted ladies were reported to travel from West Africa to French Guiana, embarking on a 4,200 km trans-Atlantic flight.