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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.
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The butterfly was sometimes depicted with the maw of a jaguar, and some species were considered to be the reincarnations of the souls of dead warriors. The close association of butterflies with fire and warfare persisted into the Aztec civilisation; evidence of similar jaguar-butterfly images has been found among the Zapotec and Maya civilisations.
Polyura athamas, the common nawab, [1] [3] is a species of fast-flying canopy butterfly found in tropical Asia.It belongs to the Charaxinae (rajahs and nawabs) in the brush-footed butterfly family (Nymphalidae).
(state butterfly) Papilio multicaudata: 2001 [5] Arkansas: European honey bee (state insect) Apis mellifera: 1973 [6] Diana fritillary butterfly (state butterfly) Speyeria diana: 2007 [6] California: California dogface butterfly (state butterfly) Zerene eurydice: 1972 [7] Colorado: Colorado hairstreak: Hypaurotis crysalus: 1996 [8] Connecticut ...
Charaxes jasius, the two-tailed pasha, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae.It is the only European species of the genus Charaxes.Divergence of the Mediterranean species C. jasius from the last common ancestor with its closest related species still flying in the Afrotropical realm most probably occurred around 2 mya, i.e. during the Pliocene.
The butterfly can be sighted as early as late March in the summit of San Bruno Mountain or the Twin Peaks. They persist well into June when they can be seen perched on a lupine plant or feeding on coastal buckwheat flowers. [11] Day to day for the adult butterfly is mostly spent foraging for nectar, flying, mating, and for the females, laying eggs.
Lepidoptera (/ ˌ l ɛ p ɪ ˈ d ɒ p t ər ə / LEP-ih-DOP-tər-ə) or lepidopterans is an order of winged insects which includes butterflies and moths.About 180,000 species of the Lepidoptera have been described, representing 10% of the total described species of living organisms, [1] [2] making it the second largest insect order (behind Coleoptera) with 126 families [3] and 46 superfamilies ...
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