Visually, it bears similarities to the tiger swallowtail, but this butterfly is mainly black with distinctive yellow, orange, red, and blue markings on its wings. The black swallowtail can be ...
The delicate charm of a butterfly, with its fabulous fluttering wings and jewel-toned hues ... of the rainbow including red, ...
Some species have developed large eyespots on their wings, tricking predators into thinking they have come face to face with a much larger creature. The owl butterfly is one example of this. Its ...
Males are bright, metallic blue dorsally, while females are primarily dark gray with blue scaling toward the wing bases and orange-capped ... FEEDING: Larval food plants for the Miami blue butterfly ...
He explains, 'The dazzling blue morpho is undoubtedly a favourite butterfly with visitors because of its incredible colour, its size and its constant activity. You’ll nearly always see them on the ...
The Smith's blue butterfly may be tiny, but it's endangered in a big way. It spends its whole life within a few hundred yards of two native plants, seacliff buckwheat and coast buckwheat — and is ...