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    • Monarch butterflies perched on Eucalyptus tree.
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    Monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus) get the press on migration – but many more insect species1 migrate.

    1. species: (Abbreviation sp. or spp.) A division used in the Linnean system of classification or taxonomy. A group of living organisms that can interbreed to produce viable offspring.

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      2. (Abbreviation sp. or spp.) A division used in the Linnean system of classification or taxonomy. A group of living organisms that can interbreed to produce viable offspring.

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