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monarch butterfly
noun
: a large migratory American butterfly (Danaus plexippus) that has orange-brown wings with black veins and borders and a larva that feeds on milkweed
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The move comes five years after the first Trump administration declined to give the monarch butterfly protections.
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Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 18 Mar. 2025
Good news: The eastern monarch butterfly population nearly doubled this year at their wintering grounds in Mexico.
—Axios, 18 Mar. 2025
At a festival last September in Minneapolis meant to celebrate the monarch butterflies' migration before winter, some monarch enthusiasts noted that the insects' prevalence seemed to have dwindled compared with previous years, CBS News Minnesota reported.
—CBS News, 4 Feb. 2025
In other federal climate action: Officials proposed protecting monarch butterflies, many of which winter along the California coast, under the Endangered Species Act.
—Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 24 Dec. 2024
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Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 18 Mar. 2025
Good news: The eastern monarch butterfly population nearly doubled this year at their wintering grounds in Mexico.
—Axios, 18 Mar. 2025
At a festival last September in Minneapolis meant to celebrate the monarch butterflies' migration before winter, some monarch enthusiasts noted that the insects' prevalence seemed to have dwindled compared with previous years, CBS News Minnesota reported.
—CBS News, 4 Feb. 2025
In other federal climate action: Officials proposed protecting monarch butterflies, many of which winter along the California coast, under the Endangered Species Act.
—Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 24 Dec. 2024
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“Monarch butterfly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/monarch%20butterfly. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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