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The silver-studded blue (Plebejus argus) is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae.It has bright blue wings rimmed in black with white edges and silver spots on its hindwings, lending it the name of the silver-studded blue.
Siproeta epaphus, the rusty-tipped page or brown siproeta, [1] is a New World butterfly that lives all year in tropical habitats. It has large wings, averaging 7.0–7.5 cm (2.8–3.0 in), [1] that are black in the inner portion of the top surface and brown throughout the underside. Both surfaces have a bold white transverse stripe continuing ...
The Satyrinae, the satyrines or satyrids, commonly known as the browns, are a subfamily of the Nymphalidae (brush-footed butterflies).They were formerly considered a distinct family, Satyridae.
The oldest butterfly fossils have been dated to the Paleocene, about 56 million years ago, though molecular evidence suggests that they likely originated in the Cretaceous. [ 1 ] Butterflies have a four-stage life cycle , and like other holometabolous insects they undergo complete metamorphosis . [ 2 ]
Buddleja species, especially Buddleja davidii and interspecific hybrids, are commonly known as butterfly bushes and are frequently cultivated as garden shrubs. [5] Buddleja davidii has become an invasive species in both Europe and North America.
The "Spanish fly", Lytta vesicatoria, has been considered to have medicinal, aphrodisiac, and other properties. Human interactions with insects include both a wide variety of uses, whether practical such as for food, textiles, and dyestuffs, or symbolic, as in art, music, and literature, and negative interactions including damage to crops and extensive efforts to control insect pests.
The Japanese luehdorfia (Luehdorfia japonica) is a species of butterfly in the subfamily Parnassiinae of Papilionidae. It is found only in Japan. [3] It was discovered by Yasushi Nawa in Japan's Gifu Prefecture in 1883. [4] It is also known as the Gifu butterfly (岐阜蝶 or ギフチョウ, Gifu Chō)
Director Josef von Sternberg used butterfly lighting to enhance Marlene Dietrich's features in this iconic shot, [6] from Shanghai Express, Paramount 1932. Low-key lighting is a technique used to result in an image where only part of the subject is lit, has dark shadows, and a background darker than the subject. Low-key lighting typically ...