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Front view of the compound eyes of Aglais io. Ocellus of Mythimna unipuncta seen to the right of the base of the antenna, in close contact with the compound eye. Lepidoptera has two large, immovable compound eyes, which consist of a large number of facets or lenses, each connected to a lens-like cylinder that is attached to a nerve leading to ...
P. rutulus.Side view. Papilio rutulus can reach a wingspan of 7 to 10 cm (3 to 4 in). These large butterflies are brightly colored. The wings are yellow with black stripes and blue and orange spots near their tail, their have the "tails" on the hindwings that are often found in swallowtails.
Dorsal view Side view. The caterpillars appear humpbacked, having a small head, swollen first and second abdominal segments, and a last abdominal segment which is tapered and rounded. They are dark green with yellow stripes along the top and sides of the body, and have two black tubercles on the top of the thorax.
In its adult form, the gulf fritillary is a medium-sized butterfly that has extended forewings and a wingspan range of 6.5 to 9.5 cm. This butterfly exhibits sexual dimorphism as females are typically distinctively larger in size than males. The underside of the wings is brown and speckled with silvery white dots.
Limenitis arthemis, the red-spotted purple or white admiral, is a North American butterfly species in the cosmopolitan genus Limenitis.It has been studied for its evolution of mimicry, and for the several stable hybrid wing patterns within this nominal species; it is one of the most dramatic examples of hybridization between non-mimetic and mimetic populations.
A zoomed in view of the wing scales on a Aglais io, or peacock butterfly. Butterfly adults are characterized by their four scale-covered wings, which give the Lepidoptera their name ( Ancient Greek λεπίς lepís, scale + πτερόν pterón, wing).
Celastrina ladon, the spring azure or echo blue, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae.It is found in North America from Alaska and Canada south of the tundra, through most of the United States except the Texas coast, southern plain and peninsula Florida; south in the mountains to Colombia, also on Molokai island, Hawaii.
Mycalesis patnia, the glad-eye bushbrown, [2] [3] is a satyrid butterfly found in southern India and Sri Lanka. [2] [3] ... Imago (side view) Imago (dorsal view) Open ...