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Synonyms [1] Polyommatus melanops Boisduval, 1828. Glaucopsyche melanops, the black-eyed blue, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in the western part of Southern Europe and North Africa. The length of the forewings is 11–13 mm. The butterfly flies from May to July depending on the location. The larvae feed on Fabaceae species.
Papilio bolina Linnaeus, 1758. Hypolimnas parva Aurivillius, 1920. Nymphalis jacintha Drury, [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]
Battus philenor. (Linnaeus, 1771) Subspecies. See text. 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]
P. p. stabilis (Rothschild and Jordan, 1906) Papilio polyxenes, the (eastern) black swallowtail, American swallowtail or parsnip swallowtail, [4] is a butterfly found throughout much of North America. An extremely similar-appearing species, Papilio joanae, occurs in the Ozark Mountains region, but it appears to be closely related to Papilio ...
The Indra swallowtail is a black butterfly with minimal blue and whitish markings, similar in coloration to the black swallowtail or the short-tailed swallowtail. Likewise, the species has a very short tail, and dark blue crescents on the topside of the hindwing. [1]
Ideopsis vulgaris has a wingspan reaching 70–80 millimetres (2.8–3.1 in). [5] [6] This butterfly is quite similar to the dark glassy tiger (Parantica agleoides).A transverse black bar in the forewing cell, cutting through one of the white streaks, distinguishes the blue glassy tiger from the other one. [5]
Polyommatus (Plebicula) dorylas, the turquoise blue, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in southern Europe, Asia Minor, the Ural Mountains, Caucasus and Transcaucasia. Its wingspan is 15–17 mm. The butterfly's common name comes from the dazzling bright blue colour of male's wings. The larvae feed on Anthyllis vulneraria ...
Polyura schreiber. Polyura schreiber, the blue nawab, [1][2] is a butterfly species found in tropical Asia. It belongs to the Charaxinae (rajahs and nawabs) in the brush-footed butterfly family (Nymphalidae). It occurs from south India [2] and Assam through Myanmar, Tenasserim, and Southeast Asia to southern China and to Java, Indonesia.