Monarch butterfly
A kind of butterfly · also called milkweed butterfly, wanderer, black veined brown
About
The monarch is an orange-and-black milkweed butterfly with a wingspan stretching nearly four inches across.
Monarch wingspans typically range from 3.5 to 4.0 inches (8.9 to 10.2 cm), which makes them distinctly larger than lookalike species such as the viceroy butterfly. Female monarchs generally have slightly smaller wings than males, although females possess thicker dark wing veins. Despite weighing a fraction of an ounce, their broad wing area is large enough to carry them across thousands of miles during seasonal migrations.
From Wikipedia
The monarch butterfly or simply monarch is a milkweed butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. Other common names, depending on region, include milkweed, common tiger, wanderer, and black-veined brown.
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- How big is a monarch butterfly?
- A monarch butterfly measures about 3.9 inches (0.1 m) long and 0.8 inches (0.02 m) tall. It weighs roughly 0.018 ounces (0.0005 kg), which is about half the weight of a standard paperclip.
Weight
0.018 oz (500 mg)
- Length
- 3.94 in (10 cm)
- Height
- 0.787 in (2 cm)
Quick answer
A monarch butterfly measures about 3.9 inches (0.1 m) long and 0.8 inches (0.02 m) tall. It weighs roughly 0.018 ounces (0.0005 kg), which is about half the weight of a standard paperclip.
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