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Travel: Royal air force

Tracking down the far-travelled monarch butterfly in the highlands of Mexico. By Patricia Cleveland-Peck

By PATRICIA CLEVELAND-PECK

AS we look up into the clear blue sky, the air is filled with literally myriads of delicate, orange-and-black creatures. On the ground they are so thickly gathered to drink at every stream and puddle that it is hard not to tread on them.