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The regal fritillary (Speyeria idalia) is a striking nymphalid butterfly found among some of the remaining tallgrass and mixed-grass prairies in the east-central United States. This prairie-specialist butterfly has a characteristic deep orange color and unmistakable dark hindwings with two bands of spots . On the female, both bands of spots are ...
Silver-spotted skipper, Epargyreus clarus Long-tailed skipper, Urbanus proteus Golden banded-skipper, Autochton cellus Common checkered-skipper, Pyrgus communis Beautiful beamer, Phocides belus
Lycaena helle, the violet copper, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found from the Pyrenees to northern Norway and from Belgium east across the Palearctic to Central Asia, Siberia and Amur.The wingspan is 24–26 mm. The butterfly flies from May to July depending on the location.
Charaxes violetta, the violet-spotted emperor or violet-spotted charaxes, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in southern Africa. [2] Species is double brooded from August to October and April to June. [3] Larvae feed on Blighia unijugata and Deinbollia species. [2] [3] In Adalbert Seitz's Fauna Africana
Adults mate and lay eggs in the spring on or in the near vicinity of violets. A common violet selected for oviposition is the marsh violet. Adult Boloria selene have been observed to fly in a brood once a year sometime in the summer. [9] Adult small pearl-bordered fritillaries feed on the following plants: Bramble; Thistle; Bugle (Ajuga reptans)
Cethosia myrina, the violet lacewing [1] or brown accented butterfly, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found on the Indonesian islands of Sulawesi and Butung . The wingspan is about 75 mm.
A. ilia Schiff. ( = Pap. iris Esp.) (50c) is characterized by the distal margin of the forewing being obtusely angulate below the apex; in the anal area of this wing there is an ocellus ringed with yellowish, and the median band of the hindwing has no tooth-like projection on the outer side; the male with violet gloss, the female dull black- brown or grey-brown, the bands and spots pure white ...
Colotis regina, the queen purple tip, regal purple tip, or large violet tip, is a butterfly of the family Pieridae. It is found in the Afrotropical realm. Description