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Media in category "Images of butterflies and moths" This category contains only the following file. Plate II Kallima butterfly from Animal Coloration by Frank Evers Beddard 1892.jpg 1,695 × 2,722; 1.77 MB
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 ...
The list comprises butterfly species listed in The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland by Emmet et al. [1] and Britain's Butterflies by Tomlinson and Still. [ 2 ] A study by NERC in 2004 found there has been a species decline of 71% of butterfly species between 1983 and 2003. [ 3 ]
Heliconius butterflies are models for the study of speciation. Hybrid speciation has been hypothesized to occur in this genus and may contribute to the diverse mimicry found in Heliconius butterflies. [11] It has been proposed that two closely related species, H. cydno and H. melpomene, hybridized to create the species H. heurippa.
Pieris, the whites or garden whites, is a widespread, now almost cosmopolitan, genus of butterflies of the family Pieridae.The highest species diversity is in the Palearctic, with a higher diversity in Europe and eastern North America than the similar and closely related Pontia.
"Butterflies of North America" (1868-1872) by W. H. Edwards from the American Entymological Society; second series (1884), third series (1897) Holland, W. J. (1915). The butterfly guide : A pocket manual for the ready identification of the commoner species found in the United States and Canada , United States: Doubleday, Page & Company
This is a list of species of butterfly with the common name fritillary.The term fritillary refers to the chequered markings on the wings, usually black on orange, and derives from the Latin fritillus, meaning "dice-box" (or, according to some sources, a "chequerboard"); the fritillary flower, with its chequered markings, has the same derivation. [1]
One butterfly house in Phuket, Thailand, obtained Julia butterflies, specifically Dryas iulia moderata from an exporter butterfly farm in Costa Rica and released them during Buddhist ceremonies and weddings. The released butterflies have now colonized areas of Thailand and Malaysia and established a wild population.