Butterfly Migration Swarms Tegucigalpa

Published on Honduras Daily · Jun 28, 2026 · Originally reported June 26, 2026 by TuNota (Canal 5 / TSI)

Thousands of Eunica monima butterflies have swarmed Tegucigalpa and other parts of Honduras in an unusually intense annual migration that specialists link to climate shifts and faster breeding driven by heat waves followed by brief rains.

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