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D. plexippus, described by Linnaeus in 1758, is the species known most commonly as the monarch butterfly of North America. Its range actually extends worldwide, including Hawaii, Australia, New Zealand, Spain, and the Pacific Islands. D. erippus, the southern monarch, was described by Pieter Cramer in 1775.
Junonia coenia. Junonia coenia, known as the common buckeye or buckeye, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. Its range covers much of North America and some of Central America, including most of the eastern half of the US, the lower to middle Midwest, the Southwest (including most of California), southern Canada, and Mexico. Its habitat is ...
NGC 6302 (also known as the Bug Nebula, Butterfly Nebula, or Caldwell 69) is a bipolar planetary nebula in the constellation Scorpius. The structure in the nebula is among the most complex ever seen in planetary nebulae. The spectrum of Butterfly Nebula shows that its central star is one of the hottest stars known, with a surface temperature in ...
Small pearl-bordered fritillary (Boloria selene) Crescent butterfly nectaring on yellow ironweed. 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.
Nymphalis antiopa, known as the mourning cloak in North America and the Camberwell beauty in Britain, is a large butterfly native to Eurasia and North America. The immature form of this species is sometimes known as the spiny elm caterpillar. [ 2 ] Other older names for this species include grand surprise and white petticoat.
Papilio bolinaLinnaeus, 1758. Hypolimnas parvaAurivillius, 1920. Nymphalis jacinthaDrury, [1773] Hypolimnas bolina, the great eggfly, [ 1 ][ 2 ]common eggfly, [ 2 ]varied eggfly, or in New Zealand the blue moon butterfly, [ 3 ] is a species of nymphalid butterfly found from Madagascar to Asia [ 1 ] and Australia. [ 2 ]
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Colias eurytheme. Colias eurytheme, the orange sulphur, also known as the alfalfa butterfly and in its larval stage as the alfalfa caterpillar, is a butterfly of the family Pieridae, where it belongs to the lowland group of " clouded yellows and sulphurs" subfamily Coliadinae. It is found throughout North America from southern Canada to Mexico.