What butterfly can be found the furthest north?

Question

What butterfly can be found the furthest north?

Answer 1

monarchs

Answer 2

monarchs go from alaska to way far south

Answer 3

Cleopatra (Gonepteryx cleopatra) South of the Swiss Alps:

http://www.treknature.com/gallery/Europe...

This next site is great for European butterflies:

http://www.butterfly-conservation.org/bu...

Adam, Monarchs are not found in Alaska or the Northwest, rather from Canada down to Florida, across the South to California and down to Mexico:

http://www.wvdnr.gov/wildlife/butterflie...

However, Alaska and the Arctic region do have butterflies:

http://www.turtlepuddle.org/alaskan/ak_b...

Butterflies of the CIS (ex-USSR):

http://rusinsects.com/lep.htm

Hope this helped :)