The queen butterfly (Danaus gilippus) is another milkweed butterfly, though the levels of alkaloids and cardenolides that its caterpillar stores into adulthood vary. Their larvae do not feed ...

The queen butterfly — that’s its name, not a notation of gender or hierarchy — the species Danaus gilippus, is of the same genus as the monarch, but this species lives a very different life.

The Queen butterfly (Danaus gilippus), on the other hand, was observed to have performed “leapfrog migration” within the subcontinent. This means that individual Queen butterflies born in southern ...

Although these plants have a bitter taste that is in itself a deterrent, a small number of insect species, including the monarch butterfly and its relative the queen butterfly (Danaus gilippus ...