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D. plexippus, described by Linnaeus in 1758, is the species known most commonly as the monarch butterfly of North America. Its range actually extends worldwide, including Hawaii, Australia, New Zealand, Spain, and the Pacific Islands. D. erippus, the southern monarch, was described by Pieter Cramer in 1775.
Caterpillars of several butterflies and moths of New Zealand. The butterflies of New Zealand include twelve endemic species, as well as several introduced and migrant species. Lepidoptera, which includes the butterflies and moths, is the third largest insect order in New Zealand.
Caterpillar of Papilio machaon. A monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) caterpillar feeding on an unopened seed pod of swamp milkweed. Caterpillars (/ ˈkætərpɪlər / KAT-ər-pil-ər) are the larval stage of members of the order Lepidoptera (the insect order comprising butterflies and moths). As with most common names, the application of the ...
Papilio turnus Linnaeus[2] Papilio glaucus, the eastern tiger swallowtail, is a species of butterfly native to eastern North America. It is one of the most familiar butterflies in the eastern United States, [3] ranging north to southern Ontario, Canada, [4] and is common in many different habitats. It flies from spring until fall, during which ...
Eggs of the buff-tip (Phalera bucephala), a notodontid moth. The external morphology of Lepidoptera is the physiological structure of the bodies of insects belonging to the order Lepidoptera, also known as butterflies and moths. Lepidoptera are distinguished from other orders by the presence of scales on the external parts of the body and ...
Subfamily † Praepapilioninae. † Praepapilio. Swallowtail butterfly. Swallowtail butterflies are large, colorful butterflies in the family Papilionidae, and include over 550 species. Though the majority are tropical, members of the family inhabit every continent except Antarctica. The family includes the largest butterflies in the world, the ...
C. pomona. Binomial name. Catopsilia pomona. (Fabricius, 1775) Synonyms. Catopsila crocale. Catopsilia pomona, the common emigrant[1][2] or lemon emigrant, [2] is a medium-sized pierid butterfly found in Asia and parts of Australia. [1][2] The species gets its name from its habit of migration. Some early authors considered them as two distinct ...
The eastern giant swallowtail (Papilio cresphontes) is the largest butterfly in North America. [2] It is abundant through many parts of eastern North America; populations from western North America and down into Panama are now (as of 2014) considered to belong to a different species, Papilio rumiko. [3]