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This list contains links to lists with the common and scientific names of butterflies of North America north of Mexico. Papilionidae: swallowtails and parnassians (40 species) Parnassiinae: parnassians (3 species)
Rosita patch, Chlosyne rosita Silvery checkerspot, Chlosyne nycteis Pearl crescent, Phyciodes tharos Variable checkerspot, Euphydryas chalcedona Baltimore checkerspot, Euphydryas phaeton Question mark, Polygonia interrogationis American lady, Vanessa virginiensis Common buckeye, Junonia coenia Banded peacock, Anartia fatima
Cairns birdwing (Ornithoptera euphorion): Australia's largest endemic butterfly. Australia has more than 400 species of butterfly, the majority of which are continental species, and more than a dozen endemic species from remote islands administered by various Australian territorial governments.
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 ...
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The butterfly was sometimes depicted with the maw of a jaguar, and some species were considered to be the reincarnations of the souls of dead warriors. The close association of butterflies with fire and warfare persisted into the Aztec civilisation; evidence of similar jaguar-butterfly images has been found among the Zapotec and Maya civilisations.
Another form of defence is the taste of the butterfly. Similar to the monarch butterfly, the Apollo butterfly produces a repulsive taste to its predator. The butterfly seems to get this foul taste from its plant host, the Sedum stenopetalum. There is a bitter tasting cyanoglucoside, sarmentonsin, which is found in both the butterfly and the plant.