Worldwide Butterflies
Photo: Blue Morpho butterfly. These are truly wonderful butterflies with an amazing colour
Photo: Leaf Butterfly - Kallima inachus. The Orange Oakleaf or Dead Leaf (Kallima inachus) is a nymphalid butterfly found in tropical Asia from India to Japan. With wings closed, it closely resembles a dry leaf with dark...
Photo: Leaf Butterfly - Kallima inachus. The Orange Oakleaf or Dead Leaf (Kallima inachus) is a nymphalid butterfly found in tropical Asia from India to Japan. With wings closed, it closely resembles a dry leaf with dark...
Photo: Great Egg Fly Butterfly - Hypolimnas bolina. The Great Eggfly (Hypolimnas bolina), also called the Blue Moon Butterfly in New Zealand or Common Eggfl is a species of nymphalid butterfly.
Photo: Common Mormon - Papilio polytes. The common Mormon (Papilio polytes) is a common species of swallowtail butterfly widely distributed across Asia.This butterfly is known for the mimicry displayed by the numerous fo...
Photo: Clipper - Parthenos Silva. Also found in a blue form (although never seen one) - this is the usual colour
Photo: Plain Tiger - Danaus chrysippus. Danaus chrysippus, also known as the Plain Tiger or African Monarch, is a medium-sized, butterfly widespread in Asia and Africa. It belongs to the Danainae ("Milkweed butterflies")...
Photo: Malay Lacewing - Cethosia hypsia. The Malay Lacewing is essentially a forest dweller and its local occurrence is confined within the sanctuary of the nature reserves in the catchment areas. It is not uncommon in th...
Photo: Caterpillar.
Photo: Harmonia Tiger Wing Butterfly - Tithorea harmonia. Tithorea harmonia has a wingspan reaching about 70 millimetres (2.8 in). This toxic "tiger" butterfly has the usual pattern of black wings with bright orange bands. The forewings h...
Photo: Zebra Mosaic Butterfly - Colobura dirce. The Dirce Beauty, also known as the Mosaic or Zebra Mosaic, (Colobura dirce) is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Central America and northern South America.The...
Photo: Blue-banded Purplewing - Myscelia cyaniris. The Blue Wave, Blue-banded Purplewing, Tropical Blue Wave, Whitened Bluewing, or Royal Blue (Myscelia cyaniris) is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family.
Photo: Indian Leaf Butterfly - Kallima inachus. The Orange Oakleaf or Dead Leaf (Kallima inachus) is a nymphalid butterfly found in tropical Asia from India to Japan. With wings closed, it closely resembles a dry leaf with dark...
Photo: Glasswing butterfly. The Glasswing, or clearwing, butterfly (Greta oto) also called espejitos, is so called because it has predominately glass-like transparent wing membranes. This adaptation is a defe...
Photo: Morpho butterfly underside. Underside of a blue morpho butterfly - huge contrast with its vivid blue butterfly
Photo: Pupating caterpillar. Caterpillar ready to pupate
Photo: Tiger Swallowtail Larva. Tiger swallowtail caterpillar
Photo: Brahmea hearseyi caterpillar. One of the strangest caterpillars. Brahmea caterpillars have extraordinary twisted growths on their backs. In their last instar the caterpillar looses these but keeps the plastic-l...
Photo: Malachite butterfly - Siproeta stelenes. The Malachite is a neotropical brush-footed butterfly. The malachite has large wings that are black and brilliant green or yellow-green on the uppersides and light brown and olive...
Photo: Owl Butterfly - Caligo eurilochus. An owl butterfly is a butterfly, in the genus Caligo, known for their huge eyespots, which resemble owls' eyes. They are found in the rainforests and secondary forests of Mexico, C...
Photo: EF2C6928.
Photo: EF2C6931.
Photo: Anartia amathea (Scarlet Peacock). Anartia amathea is a common and very beautiful species which is found on both sides of the Andes, from Colombia to northern Chile. It's ubiquitous nature and contiguous populations...
Photo: Parides sesostris (Emerald-patched Cattleheart). Parides sesostris is a species of butterfly in the family Papilionidae native to the Americas. It is commonly known as the Emerald-patched Cattleheart and the Southern Cattleheart....
Photo: Tigerwing Butterfly. Tigerwing Butterflies are several genera taking different forms, generally with orange, black and off-white combinations, native typically from southern US through Central America...
Photo: Map butterfly - Araschia levana. Map butterfly bred by myself in 2014. Egg laying in the famous "strings" of eggs - sadly these were infertile.
Photo: Map butterfly - Araschia levana. Map butterfly bred by myself in 2014
Photo: Clipper - Parthenos Silva. Also found in a blue form (although never seen one) - this is the usual colour
Photo: Heliconius species. Might be one of the postman butterflies but not so sure about this one either
Photo: Heliconius species. Might be one of the postman butterflies but not so sure about this one
Photo: Blue Morpho - Morpho Menelaus. A morpho butterfly may be one of over 29 accepted species and 147 accepted subspecies of butterflies in the genus Morpho. They are Neotropical butterflies found mostly in South Ame...
Photo: Tree Nymph - Idea leuconoe. The Paper Kite, Rice Paper, or Large Tree Nymph butterfly (Idea leuconoe) is known especially for its presence in butterfly greenhouses and live butterfly expositions. The Paper Ki...
Photo: Postman - Heliconius melpomene. The Postman Butterfly, Common Postman, or simply Postman is one of the heliconiine butterflies found from Mexico to northern South America.
Photo: Zebra Longwing Chrysalis (Heliconius charithonia). The Zebra Longwing or Zebra Heliconian is a species of butterfly belonging to the subfamily Heliconiinae of the Nymphalidae. The boldly striped black and white wing pattern is apos...