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2. Gonepteryx rhamni - Wikipedia

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   Gonepteryx rhamni, commonly named the common brimstone, is a butterfly of the family Pieridae.It lives throughout the Palearctic zone and is commonly found across Europe, Asia, and North Africa. [2]

3. Lepidoptera - Wikipedia

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   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 ...

4. Buttonhole stitch - Wikipedia

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   Traditionally, this stitch has been used to secure the edges of buttonholes. [3] In addition to reinforcing buttonholes and preventing cut fabric from raveling, buttonhole stitches are used to make stems in crewel embroidery, to make sewn eyelets, to attach applique to ground fabric, and as couching stitches.

5. Swallowtail butterfly - Wikipedia

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   This polymorphism is seen in Papilio dardanus, the African swallowtail butterfly, whose females have three different morphs for wing color pattern: a black-and-white pattern for Batesian mimicry, a black-and-yellow pattern that resembles the males of the species, and a pattern with orange patches that resembles the elderly males of the species ...

6. Apollo (butterfly) - Wikipedia

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   Another form of defence is the taste of the butterfly. Similar to the monarch butterfly, the Apollo butterfly produces a repulsive taste to its predator. The butterfly seems to get this foul taste from its plant host, the Sedum stenopetalum. There is a bitter tasting cyanoglucoside, sarmentonsin, which is found in both the butterfly and the plant

7. List of butterflies of Australia - Wikipedia

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   Cairns birdwing (Ornithoptera euphorion): Australia's largest endemic butterfly. Australia has more than 400 species of butterfly, the majority of which are continental species, and more than a dozen endemic species from remote islands administered by various Australian territorial governments.