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Battus philenor, the pipevine swallowtail or blue swallowtail, [3] [4] is a swallowtail butterfly found in North America and Central America. This butterfly is black with iridescent-blue hindwings. They are found in many different habitats, but are most commonly found in forests. [5]
Graphium doson, the common jay, [1] [2] is a black, tropical papilionid (swallowtail) butterfly with pale blue semi-transparent central wing bands that are formed by large spots. There is a marginal series of smaller spots.
The yellow morph is similar to the male, but with a conspicuous band of blue spots along the hindwing, while the dark morph is almost completely black. The green eggs are laid singly on plants of the families Magnoliaceae and Rosaceae. Young caterpillars are brown and white; older ones are green with two black, yellow, and blue eyespots on the ...
The Menelaus blue morpho (Morpho menelaus) is one of thirty species of butterfly in the subfamily Morphinae. [1] Its wingspan is approximately 12 cm (4.7"), and its dorsal forewings and hindwings are a bright, iridescent blue edged with black, while the ventral surfaces are brown. [ 2 ]
In the form rebeli Hirschke the blue of the upperside is more brilliant and more extended, the dark margin being reduced, in the female only the apical area black; Styria. – monticola Stgr. (83 a) has a narrow black margin like rebeli , but the blue is very deep and dark, so dull as in true alcon ; from the Alps of Switzerland and the Caucasus.
Here we explain the meaning behind butterfly colors. Different cultures believe that the color of a butterfly can symbolize everything from creativity to evil. Here we explain the meaning behind ...
Eggs are white or pale blue and have a mandarin shape [clarification needed] with a pitted surface. [5] Caterpillars reach about 7 mm in length, and their appearance is primarily green with a yellow stripe at the sides and a darker green stripe on the back, and brown or black head usually obscured under the thorax . [ 6 ]
Udara blackburni, the Koa butterfly, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae that is endemic to HawaiĘ»i. It is also known as Blackburn's butterfly, Blackburn's bluet, Hawaiian blue or green Hawaiian blue. The wingspan is 22–29 mm.