1. Thousands of records of migratory butterfly species such as Vanessa cardui flying just above ground-level on fixed compass bearings have led to the common belief that these insects migrate within ...

Scientists from the University of Ottawa, Uppsala University, the Institut Botànic de Barcelona, and other institutions have tracked the migratory feats of the painted lady butterfly (Vanessa cardui).

Many diurnal lepidoptera rely on solar basking to achieve elevated thoracic temperature. We examined the effects of wind, radiation, body orientation, and wing ...

A species of butterfly found in Sub-Saharan Africa is able to migrate thousands of miles to Europe, crossing the Saharan Desert, in years when weather conditions are favourable, scientists have found.

Researchers found that painted lady butterflies return from the Afrotropical region to recolonize the Mediterranean in early spring, traveling an annual distance of 12,000 km across the Sahara Desert.

For much of 2019, Europe, the Middle East and Africa were awash with painted lady butterflies. The origins of the unusual butterfly bonanza were difficult to identify, in part because painted ladies ...