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The malachite is found throughout Central and northern South America, where it is one of the most common butterfly species. Its distribution extends as far north as southern Texas and the tip of Florida , to Cuba as subspecies S. s. insularis ( Holland , 1916), and S. s. biplagiata , and south to Brazil.
Common white butterflies include the Cabbage White, Checkered White, and Desert Marble species. Some believe the appearance of a white butterfly to be a sign from deceased loved ones. Black ...
There are several similar species such as the clouded sulphur (Colias philodice), the yellow angled-sulphur (Anteos maerula), which has angled wings, the statira sulphur (Aphrissa statira), and other sulphurs, which are much smaller. The species name comes from the genus Senna to which many of the larval host plants belong.
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.
Heliconius charithonia, the zebra longwing or zebra heliconian, is a species of butterfly belonging to the subfamily Heliconiinae of the family Nymphalidae. [2] [3] It was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1767 12th edition of Systema Naturae.
Miletinae: harvesters (1 species) Lycaeninae: coppers (16 species) Theclinae: hairstreaks (90 species) Polyommatinae: blues (37 species) Riodinidae: metalmarks (28 species) Nymphalidae: brush-footed butterflies (233 species) Libytheinae: snouts (1 species) Heliconiinae: heliconians and fritillaries (40 species) Nymphalinae: true brushfoots (76 ...
Phyciodes phaon, the Phaon crescent [2] or mat plant crescent, is a species of butterfly found in Florida, neighboring states, west to New Mexico and south to Cuba (since the 1930s) and the Cayman Islands where it is known as the crescent spot.
In Florida, gulf fritillaries have two major flights during the year. The first major migration involves huge populations of butterflies flying northward while the second migration involves the butterflies moving southward throughout the state, especially throughout the peninsular parts of Florida. The first and second migrations occur in the ...