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Euchloe naina, the green marble, is a species of butterfly that occurs in northern North America and Siberia and has been recorded mainly in the interior of Alaska but has also been recorded on Kodiak by Keith Bruce and verified by Kenelm Philips in 2012. [1] It is mostly white with black markings on the topside of the forewing tips and body.
Poritia pleurata, the green gem, [1] is a small butterfly found in India, Myanmar and South Asia [2] that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family. [3] Range.
Graphium macfarlanei, the green triangle butterfly or green triangle, is a butterfly of the family Papilionidae. It is found along the northern Gulf and north-eastern coast of Queensland , Australia ; as well as on the Moluccas , New Guinea , Admiralty Islands and New Britain .
Siproeta stelenes (malachite) is a Neotropical brush-footed butterfly (family Nymphalidae). The malachite has large wings that are black and brilliant green or yellow-green on the upperside and light brown and olive green on the underside. It is named for the mineral malachite, which is similar in color to the bright green on the butterfly's ...
Graphium agamemnon (Linnaeus, 1758) – tailed jay or green-spotted triangle; Graphium arycles (Boisduval, 1836) – spotted jay; Graphium bathycles (Zinken, 1831) Graphium chironides (Honrath, 1884) – veined jay; Graphium doson (C. Felder & R. Felder, 1864) – common jay; Graphium eurypylus (Linnaeus, 1758) – great jay or pale green triangle
Graphium eurypylus, the great jay or pale green triangle, is a species of tropical butterfly belonging to the family Papilionidae. Etymology
Euchloe ausonides insulanus, the island marble butterfly, is a subspecies of the Euchloe ausonides (large marble butterfly) and is found in the San Juan Islands in Washington in the northwestern United States. The butterfly was thought to be extinct and was last observed on Gabriola Island, British Columbia in 1908.
There are at least three theories as to why these butterflies have such distinctive markings on their wings: (1) the alternate green/black spear shapes mimic sharp thorns; (2) the green spear shapes mimic the camouflage pattern of a fern leaf when the butterfly is resting; (3) when flying, the black and green markings mimic those of green ...