Move Over, Monarchs: Another Butterfly Makes a Longer One-Way Migration

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Jun 22, 2018, 11:00 am1.2k ptsInteresting
Spanish researchers say that painted lady butterflies complete what is believed to be the longest one-way migration among all butterfly species, traveling from southern Europe, across the Sahara, and all the way to tropical Africa, a distance of roughly 3,700 miles. Read more on E360 →

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