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Butterfly on a Zinnia Flower

Butterfly on a Zinnia Flower

Butterfly on Flowers

Butterfly on Flowers

Butterfly

Common butterfly Silverspot (Argynnis Ino&#x29

A butterfly is a mainly day-flying insect of the order Lepidoptera, which includes the butterflies and moths. Like other holometabolous insects, the butterfly's life cycle consists of four parts: egg, larva, pupa and adult. Most species are diurnal. Butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. Butterflies comprise the true butterflies (superfamily Papilionoidea), the skippers (superfamily Hesperioidea) and the moth-butterflies (superfamily Hedyloidea). All the many other families within the Lepidoptera are referred to as moths. The earliest known butterfly fossils date to the mid Eocene epoch, 40–50 million years ago. A butterfly is a mainly day-flying insect of the order Lepidoptera, which includes the butterflies and moths. Like other holometabolous insects, the butterfly's life cycle consists of four parts: egg, larva, pupa and adult. Most species are diurnal. Butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. Butterflies comprise the true butterflies (superfamily Papilionoidea), the skippers (superfamily Hesperioidea) and the moth-butterflies (superfamily Hedyloidea). All the many other families within the Lepidoptera are referred to as moths. The earliest known butterfly fossils date to the mid Eocene epoch, 40–50 million years ago.

Mating Swallowtail Butterfly (Papilio cresphonte)

Closeup of mating Giant Swallowtail Butterflies (Papilio cresphonte) is a beautiful and large butterfly belonging to the Swallowtail (Papilionidae family). Butterfly Lightbox: There are at least 550 species, and though the majority are tropical, members of the family are found on all continents except Antarctica. Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Lepidoptera Suborder: Ditrysia Superfamily: Papilionoidea Family: Papilionidae. Closeup of mating Giant Swallowtail Butterflies (Papilio cresphonte) is a beautiful and large butterfly belonging to the Swallowtail (Papilionidae family). Butterfly Lightbox: There are at least 550 species, and though the majority are tropical, members of the family are found on all continents except Antarctica. Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Lepidoptera Suborder: Ditrysia Superfamily: Papilionoidea Family: Papilionidae

Butterfly on Flowers

Butterfly on Flowers

Glasswing Butterfly, Greta Oto

Glasswing Butterfly, Greta Oto

Colorful butterfly on flower

Colorful butterfly on flower

Colorful butterfly

Colorful butterfly

Danaid Eggfly or Mimic Butterfly (female)

Danaid Eggfly or Mimic Butterfly (female)

Parnassius mnemosyne butterfly

Parnassius mnemosyne butterfly

The Narrow-Bordered Five-Spot Burnet (Zygaena lonicerae)s Schneider&#x29

A butterfly is a mainly day-flying insect of the order Lepidoptera, which includes the butterflies and moths. Like other holometabolous insects, the butterfly's life cycle consists of four parts: egg, larva, pupa and adult. Most species are diurnal. Butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. Butterflies comprise the true butterflies (superfamily Papilionoidea), the skippers (superfamily Hesperioidea) and the moth-butterflies (superfamily Hedyloidea). All the many other families within the Lepidoptera are referred to as moths. The earliest known butterfly fossils date to the mid Eocene epoch, 40–50 million years ago. A butterfly is a mainly day-flying insect of the order Lepidoptera, which includes the butterflies and moths. Like other holometabolous insects, the butterfly's life cycle consists of four parts: egg, larva, pupa and adult. Most species are diurnal. Butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. Butterflies comprise the true butterflies (superfamily Papilionoidea), the skippers (superfamily Hesperioidea) and the moth-butterflies (superfamily Hedyloidea). All the many other families within the Lepidoptera are referred to as moths. The earliest known butterfly fossils date to the mid Eocene epoch, 40–50 million years ago.

A Viceroy Butterfly, a Monarch Mimic

A Viceroy Butterfly, a Monarch Mimic

Brush-footed butterfly

Brush-footed butterfly

Beautiful yellow swallowtail butterfly on butterfly bush

Gossamer-winged Butterfly

Close-up of a Gossamer Butterfly sitting on a dandelion before a green background. Close-up of a Gossamer Butterfly sitting on a dandelion before a green background

Tree Nymph Butterfly (Idea Leuconoe)

Tree Nymph Butterfly (Idea Leuconoe).

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The Tree Nymph Butterfly is a black, white and yellow butterfly that also goes under the names Rice Paper Butterfly, Paper Kite Butterfly and Wood Nymph. The Tree Nymph Butterfly (to use it's proper name) originates from Southeast Asia

Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Suborder: Ditrysia
Superfamily: Papilionoidea
Family: Papilionidae
Subfamily: Papilioninae
Tribe: Troidini
Genus: Trogonoptera,
Troides
Ornithoptera

Blue Morpho butterfly

Closeup of a Blue Morpho butterfly.

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A Morpho butterfly may be one of over 80 species of the genus Morpho. They are Neotropical butterflies found mostly in South America as well as Mexico and Central America

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
(unranked): Rhopalocera
Superfamily: Papilionoidea
Family: Nymphalidae
Subfamily: Morphinae
Tribe: Morphini
Genus: Morpho

Viceroy Butterfly Limenitis archippus

Viceroy Butterfly Limenitis archippus

Tree Nymph Butterfly (Idea Leuconoe)

Tree Nymph Butterfly (Idea Leuconoe). Butterfly Lightbox: The Tree Nymph Butterfly is a black, white and yellow butterfly that also goes under the names Rice Paper Butterfly, Paper Kite Butterfly and Wood Nymph. The Tree Nymph Butterfly (to use it's proper name) originates from Southeast Asia Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Lepidoptera Suborder: Ditrysia Superfamily: Papilionoidea Family: Papilionidae Subfamily: Papilioninae Tribe: Troidini Genus: Trogonoptera, Troides Ornithoptera

Butterfly

Butterfly

Butterfly on Flowers

Butterfly on Flowers

Monarch butterfly

Beautiful orange monarch butterfly on plant Sanibel Florida

Gossamer-winged Butterfly

Close-up of a Gossamer Butterfly sitting on a dandelion before a green background. Close-up of a Gossamer Butterfly sitting on a dandelion before a green background

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