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Ariconias glaphyra in the Pantanal, Brazil Duke of Burgundy (Hamearis lucina) White-rayed metalmark (Hades noctula). Riodinidae is the family of metalmark butterflies.The common name "metalmarks" refers to the small, metallic-looking spots commonly found on their wings.
They are also called brush-footed butterflies or four-footed butterflies, because they are known to stand on only four legs while the other two are curled up; in some species, these forelegs have a brush-like set of hairs, which gives this family its other common name.
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
Euptoieta claudia, the variegated fritillary, is a North and South American butterfly in the family Nymphalidae.Even though the variegated fritillary has some very different characteristics from the Speyeria fritillaries, it is still closely related to them.
The butterflies form the clade Rhopalocera, which is composed of three superfamilies: Hedyloidea (the moth butterfly family Hedylidae), the Hesperioidea (the skipper family Hesperiidae), and the Papilionoidea (the true butterfly families Papilionidae, Pieridae, Nymphalidae, Lycaenidae, and Riodinidae). All of these families are monophyletic.
The American painted lady or American lady (Vanessa virginiensis) [3] is a butterfly found throughout North America. The larvae feed on various Asteraceae , such as the cudweeds (genus Gnaphalium ), the pussytoes ( Antennaria ), and the everlastings ( Anaphalis ), which all belong to tribe Gnaphalieae . [ 4 ]
Asterocampa celtis, the hackberry emperor, is a North American butterfly that belongs to the brushfooted butterfly family, Nymphalidae. [2] It gets its name from the hackberry tree (Celtis occidentalis and others in the genus Celtis) upon which it lays its eggs. The hackberry tree is the only host plant for A. celtis and is the food source for ...
Garland of Flowers with Bird and a Butterfly is a c.1650-1670 still life oil on canvas painting, now in the Musée du Louvre in Paris. The eponymous animals in the centre are a great tit (top), a nine-primaried oscine (bottom) and a peacock butterfly . [ 1 ]