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Rotheca myricoides or Butterfly Clerodendrum, Butterfly Bush, and (butterfly bush – also a name for Buddleja species) is a species of flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae. [3] [4] It is native to tropical eastern Africa and widely cultivated elsewhere. [3] In cultivation, it is frequently known by one of its synonyms, such as Clerodendrum ...
Buddleja davidii (spelling variant Buddleia davidii), also called summer lilac, butterfly-bush, or orange eye, is a species of flowering plant in the family Scrophulariaceae, native to Sichuan and Hubei provinces in central China, and also Japan. [1]
The leaves are lanceolate in most species, and arranged in opposite pairs on the stems (alternate in one species, B. alternifolia); they range from 1–30 cm (0.4–11.8 in) long. [10] The flowers of the Asiatic species are mostly produced in terminal panicles 10–50 cm (4–20 in) long; the American species more commonly as cymes forming ...
Butterfly bush may refer to a number of different plants including: Buddleja. Buddleja davidii; Buddleja globosa; Rotheca myricoides, native to Africa; See also.
The Puget blue is a small blue and grey butterfly with a wingspan of around 1.8 inches (4.6 cm) in the family Lycaenidae. The male has dorsal wings that are a silvery blue with a wide dark margin. The female is grey brown with diffuse blue patches at the base of the wings, with chocolate brown inner wings. [3]
Icaricia icarioides, [1] or Boisduval's blue, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae found in North America. This butterfly has 25 recognized subspecies. [2] Their range extends throughout the western US and Canada from southern Saskatchewan to British Columbia. [3] Its habitats include dunes, mountains, meadows, streams, and sage-lands.
The fragrant flowers form slender terminal panicles < 25 centimetres (9.8 in) long, and range in colour from deep yellow, through orange, to pink. [1] It is endemic to Madagascar, where it grows amongst scrub on mountain slopes to elevations of 600–2,000 metres (2,000–6,600 ft). [2]
The butterfly seems to be well established and is extending its range from year to year. [12] [13] A study from Montreal, Quebec, Canada showed that the common blue is most abundant in areas with greater urban land cover and where their preferred larval host plant, bird's foot trefoil (Lotus corniculatus), can be found. [14]