Butterfly mass transit. (cover story)

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  • Author(s): Larsen, Torben
  • Source:
    Natural History. Jun93, Vol. 102 Issue 6, p30. 10p. 8 Color Photographs.
  • Additional Information
    • Subject Terms:
      BUTTERFLIES; INSECT migration
    • Subject Terms:
      LEBANONReport Available; INDIAReport Available
    • Abstract:
      Offers observations about butterfly migrations. Consideration of the annual butterfly migration from Nilgiri Hills in southern India; How most migrations are low-key and go unnoticed; Major migration patterns; Species that breed high in the mountains of Lebanon and migrate to hibernate as adults lower down the mountains and on the coast; How tropical species push their frontiers northward in good years; Focus on the imprintation of flight direction.