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Learn about butterflies, winged insects with large, often brightly coloured wings, from their origin, life cycle, distribution, behaviour, ecology, and cultural significance. Explore the taxonomy, phylogeny, and fossil record of butterflies, as well as their diversity, threats, and conservation.
Monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) is a milkweed butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It has three species and six subspecies, including the migratory North American population and the tropical and subtropical southern monarch and Jamaican monarch.
Lepidoptera is an order of winged insects that includes butterflies and moths. They have scales, large triangular wings, and a proboscis for siphoning nectars. Learn about their classification, evolution, ecology, and cultural significance.
Queen (butterfly) is a North and South American butterfly in the family Nymphalidae with a wingspan of 80–85 mm. It is orange or brown with black wing borders and small white forewing spots, and has a distasteful chemical defense.
Common blue is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae and subfamily Polyommatinae, found throughout the Palearctic and introduced to North America. It has iridescent blue or violet wings with black border and red spots, and feeds on various plants, especially bird's foot trefoil.
Learn how to distinguish butterflies and moths based on their antennae, wing-coupling mechanisms, pupae, and wing colouration. See examples of exceptions and variations among different families and species of Lepidoptera.
Lycaena heteronea, also known as blue copper, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae and the subfamily Lycaeninae. It is found in western North America, where it feeds on buckwheat and other plants, and has a mutualistic relationship with an ant species.
Learn about the swallowtail butterfly, a large, colorful insect in the family Papilionidae, with over 550 species. Papilio machaon is one of the genera in the subfamily Papilioninae, which includes the Old World swallowtail and the tiger swallowtail.