Viceroy butterflies look a lot like monarchs ... An important note: Three of these species (monarch, queen and soldier) rely on milkweed as an essential host plant during their caterpillar ...

It is a butterfly that closely mimics the monarch. It is called a viceroy butterfly. The viceroy butterfly is common in much of North America and when seen is usually mistaken for a monarch.

In North America, one butterfly, the viceroy (Limenitis archippus), may be easily mistaken for the monarch due to their similar colors. This is known as Müllerian mimicry. The monarch butterfly ...

Monarch butterflies are famous for their annual migrations, but not all migrate. In recent years, more and more monarchs have ...

The viceroy butterfly is a copycat. With its orange wings divided by black lines, it looks a lot like a monarch butterfly. Those thin black lines are important because that’s one way you can ...

After flying some 3,000 miles from the northern U.S. and Canada to a remote forest in Central Mexico for the winter, tens of millions of monarch butterflies are making their way back north.

The team of volunteers is trying to save monarch butterflies by cultivating milkweed — the only plant where they lay eggs.

Why Do Monarch Butterflies Swarm? Monarch butterflies, like other butterfly species and birds, must migrate to warmer climates during the cold winter months. Monarch butterflies are unique because ...

Monarch butterflies are migrating north and have been spotted in states near Michigan. Although their wintering population doubled this year, monarchs have experienced a significant overall ...

Monarch butterflies may soon get federal protections after nearly a decade-long effort to preserve the species. The monarch's eastern migratory population has fallen about 80% in the past couple ...

Monarch butterflies left Mexico weeks ago on their annual northward migration. Now, the colorful insects are nearing Michigan as temperatures continue to warm. "Monarchs have made their way north ...