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P. argus cretaceus – formerly on chalk and limestone downland of south and south-east coasts, now restricted to Portland Bill. P. argus caernensis – Great Ormes Head (north Wales) P. argus masseyi – extinct (formerly north-west England) Brown argus – Aricia agestis LC. – throughout southern England, north to River Tees, south and ...
Piedra Herrada, Mexico. The monarch butterfly or simply monarch ( Danaus plexippus) is a milkweed butterfly ( subfamily Danainae) in the family Nymphalidae. [ 6] Other common names, depending on region, include milkweed, common tiger, wanderer, and black-veined brown. [ 7] It is among the most familiar of North American butterflies and an ...
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 ...
Heliconius charithonia. Heliconius charithonia, the zebra longwing or zebra heliconian, is a species of butterfly belonging to the subfamily Heliconiinae of the family Nymphalidae. [ 2][ 3] It was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1767 12th edition of Systema Naturae. The boldly striped black and white wing pattern is aposematic, warning ...
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Gulf fritillary. The Gulf fritillary or passion butterfly ( Dione vanillae) is a bright orange butterfly in the subfamily Heliconiinae of the family Nymphalidae. That subfamily was formerly set apart as a separate family, the Heliconiidae. The Heliconiinae are "longwing butterflies", which have long, narrow wings compared to other butterflies.
Artist, broadcaster, naturalist. Known for. Look Stranger (1974) In Deepest Britain (1976) In The Country (1980) A Brush with Hardy (1985) Gordon George Beningfield (31 October 1936, Bermondsey – 4 May 1998, London) [ 2] was an English wildlife artist, broadcaster and naturalist known for his watercolour artworks, most notably of butterflies.
The Nymphalidae are the largest family of butterflies, with more than 6,000 species distributed throughout most of the world. Belonging to the superfamily Papilionoidea, they are usually medium-sized to large butterflies. Most species have a reduced pair of forelegs and many hold their colourful wings flat when resting.