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Monarch butterfly

Danaus plexippus
Ku linnya: The name 'monarch' was suggested in 1874 by entomologist Samuel Hubbard Scudder, who pointed to its large size and the idea that it 'rules a vast domain'.1
Tekirina kabiTekirina kabi eri abantu. Tewali kya kweraliikirira.
Ensolo endala ez'obutwa Kya butwa okulyaKirya: EbimeraKya butwa, si kya busagwa
Akabi eri abantu: KitonoNga okubojja kw'enjuki oba okutono okusingawo. Kumpi tekirina kabi eri abantu.

The monarch is one of the best-known butterflies in North America, with a black, orange and white pattern that is easy to spot. Its wings are poisonous if eaten, so it is a warning to predators. Some monarchs make a huge southward journey each autumn, covering thousands of miles.1

Kya butwa oba kya busagwa? Ensolo ez'obusagwa ziteeka obusagwa mu mubiri nga ziruma oba nga zibojja. Ensolo ez'obutwa za kabi okukwatako oba okulya. Kino kya butwa.
Kibeera mu
Most of North America, with populations further south in the Americas, and in parts of Europe, Oceania and Southeast Asia.1
Amerika ey'Obukiikakkono, Amerika ey'Obukiikaddyo
Awaka
Monarchs are found across a wide range of places, and their caterpillars depend on milkweed plants. Eggs are laid on milkweed, and caterpillars often wander up to 10 metres from their plant to find a place to pupate.1
Obuwanvu
8,9 cm okutuuka ku 10 cm (3,5 in okutuuka ku 4 in)1
Embiro ezisinga
nga 9 km/h (5,6 mph)
Kibuuka, kuteebereza bwokka
Kirya ki?
Caterpillars feed on milkweed leaves, cutting the leaf edges as they grow.1
Ddala!Ekifaananyi kya Monarch butterfly
Monarch butterfly. Ekifaananyi: Christine Young. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Engeri y'okukitegeera

  • Black, orange and white wing pattern that is easy to recognise.1
  • Wingspan of 8.9 to 10.2 cm.1
  • Caterpillars are pale green or grey-white when very young, with a large black head.1
  • Older caterpillars have white, yellow and black bands, plus black tentacles.1

Kitera okutabulwa ne: The viceroy butterfly is similar in colour and pattern but is much smaller. It also has an extra black stripe across each hindwing.1

Amaanyi g'obutwa

Kya butwa okulya

Kya kabi bwokka singa ekintu kikirya.

Kirina akabi kenkana wa eri abantu?

Akabi eri abantu: KitonoNga okubojja kw'enjuki oba okutono okusingawo. Kumpi tekirina kabi eri abantu.

Kikola ki nga kitidde?

Its bright black, orange and white pattern serves as a warning coloration to predators, and the viceroy butterfly copies it.1

Omuntu bw'aba nga akikutteko oba akiridde

  • Omuntu bw'aba nga akiridde oba alina obubonero oluvannyuma lw'okukirya: kuba amangu ddala ennamba y'ebigwa bitalaze oba ekifo ekikola ku butwa (poison centre).

Bulijjo sooka kuba ennamba y'ebigwa bitalaze (112, 000, 911). Buno bulagirizi bwa bujjanjabi obusooka obwa bulijjo, si kuwabula kwa musawo. Obujjanjabi obusooka obw'omusingi

Weekuume

  • Tokwatako, tokwata wadde okusoomooza ensolo ey'omu nsiko, ne bw'eba ntono, era ne bw'eba erabika nga yeebase oba nga efudde.
  • Gireke n'ebbanga. Bw'osisinkana emu, beera mukkakkamu, dda emabega mpola era gireke egende mu kkubo lyayo.
  • Bw'oba okikutteko oba okiridde: tokolokota maaso go wadde akamwa, naaza engalo zo era funa obuyambi bw'abasawo.

Tekikunoonya. Obutwa bwakyo buliwo bwokka tewabaawo kikirya. Ebirala ku kwekuuma

Kinene kyenkana wa?

Kiwanvu kyenkana wa?

Monarch butterfly kiwanvu nga 10 cm (4 in)Pepa kiripu nga 3 cm (1,2 in)Essimu ey'omu ngalo (smartphone) nga 15 cm (5,9 in)
kiwanvu nga bbulooka 3 ez'okuzannyisa mu lunyiririkyandisobodde okubuuka okusala ekisaawe ky'omupiira kyonna mu sikonda 42

Monarch butterfly kinene kyenkana wa bw'ogeraageranya ne GGWE?

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Ebituufu

1

Eastern North American monarchs migrate south each autumn to Florida and Mexico, covering thousands of miles, and return north in spring over several generations.1

2

A female monarch can lay eggs weighing up to her own body mass in total, even though each egg is only about 1/1000 of her mass.1

3

Fewer than 10% of monarch eggs and caterpillars commonly survive to adulthood, because of weather, predators, parasites and disease.1

4

Monarchs can develop from egg to adult in as little as 25 days in warm summer weather, but may take as long as seven weeks in cool spring conditions.1

5

A monarch caterpillar can travel up to 10 metres from its milkweed plant to find a safe place to pupate.1

6

The monarch was the first butterfly to have its genome sequenced, a draft of 273 million base pairs containing 16,866 protein-coding genes.1

Omumenyi w'enfumo

Enfumo: Monarch butterflies are genetically modified organisms.

Amazima: A 2015 study found genes from wasp bracoviruses in the North American monarch's genome. This led to articles calling monarchs genetically modified, but they are not genetically modified in the usual sense.1

Ku bakugu mu busagwa

Erinnya erya ssaayansi
Danaus plexippus
Ekibinja
Ensolo endala ez'obutwa
Amaka
Nymphalidae2
Ensengeka
Lepidoptera
Ssemazinga
Amerika ey'Obukiikakkono, Amerika ey'Obukiikaddyo
Abaana abawere
Females lay eggs singly, usually on the underside of young milkweed leaves, with 300 to 500 eggs over two to five weeks, and up to 1,180 eggs in total.1
Akabi eri abantu
1 / 5: Kitono3

Ebituufu we biva

  1. Monarch butterfly (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Danaus plexippus (iNaturalist): amannya n'ensengeka y'ebika.
  3. Venom Wiki: omutendera gw'akabi, obunene obwa bulijjo n'okuteebereza kw'embiro bibyaffe. Laba engeri gye tubibalamu: Engeri gye tupimamu akabi.

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