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Many species are brightly coloured and include popular species such as the emperors, monarch butterfly, admirals, tortoiseshells, and fritillaries. However, the under wings are, in contrast, often dull and in some species look remarkably like dead leaves, or are much paler, producing a cryptic effect that helps the butterflies blend into their ...
The adult butterfly emerges from the pupa after three to four weeks, still inside the ant nest. The butterfly must crawl out of the ant nest before it can expand its wings. Several evolutionary adaptations enable these associations, including small glands on the skin of the caterpillars called "pore cupola organs".
The Butterfly Handbook: 130. Barron's Educational Series, Inc., Hauppauge, New York. ... Pelham, Jonathan Catalogue of the Butterflies of the United States and Canada ...
Rapala manea, slate flash, [2] [1] is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in most of the Indomalayan realm (excluding Taiwan). [2] [1] The wingspan is 24–26 mm. [3] Upperside, male Upperside, female Eggs
Lethe is a genus of butterflies in the subfamily Satyrinae of the family Nymphalidae.The genus was erected by Jacob Hübner in 1819. It includes the treebrowns, woodbrowns, foresters and their relatives.
Butterfly eggs vary greatly in size and shape between species, but are usually upright and finely sculptured. Some species lay eggs singly, others in batches. Many females produce between one hundred and two hundred eggs. [41] Butterfly eggs are fixed to a leaf with a special glue which hardens rapidly.
Deudorix isocrates (sometimes Virachola isocrates), the common guava blue, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. [2] [3] It was described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1793. It is found in India, Sri Lanka and Indochina in the Indomalayan realm. [4] Other common names include pomegranate butterfly, and anar butterfly. [2] [3]
Lepidoptera (/ ˌ l ɛ p ɪ ˈ d ɒ p t ər ə / LEP-ih-DOP-tər-ə) or lepidopterans is an order of winged insects which includes butterflies and moths.About 180,000 species of the Lepidoptera have been described, representing 10% of the total described species of living organisms, [1] [2] making it the second largest insect order (behind Coleoptera) with 126 families [3] and 46 superfamilies ...