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Lists of butterflies of South America (4 P) * Butterflies of the Caribbean (3 C, 100 P) H. Hedylidae of South America (15 P) Hesperiidae of South America (236 P) L.
Lists of butterflies of South America — native butterflies by the countries, territories, and/or islands of South America. Pages in category "Lists of butterflies of South America" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total.
Euptoieta claudia, the variegated fritillary, is a North and South American butterfly in the family Nymphalidae.Even though the variegated fritillary has some very different characteristics from the Speyeria fritillaries, it is still closely related to them.
Butterflies of South America (9 C, 10 P) Moths of South America (12 C, 4,042 P) A. Lepidoptera of Argentina (108 P) B. Lepidoptera of Bolivia (203 P) Lepidoptera of ...
The eyes of morpho butterflies are thought to be highly sensitive to UV light, so the males are able to see each other from great distances. Some South American species are reportedly visible to the human eye up to one kilometer away. Also, a number of other species exist which are tawny orange or dark brown (for instance M. hecuba and M ...
Danaus erippus, the southern monarch, is a milkweed butterfly (subfamily Danainae) in the family Nymphalidae. It is one of the best known butterflies in South America. Its genome is nearly identical to D. plexippus, but the two are incompatible, and therefore considered separate species. [1]
The queen butterfly (Danaus gilippus) is a North and South American butterfly in the family Nymphalidae with a wingspan of 80–85 mm (3 + 1 ⁄ 8 – 3 + 3 ⁄ 8 in). [3] It is orange or brown with black wing borders and small white forewing spots on its dorsal wing surface, and reddish ventral wing surface fairly similar to the dorsal surface.
Papilio thoas, the king swallowtail or Thoas swallowtail, is a butterfly of the family Papilionidae. It is found in the southernmost United States, Mexico, Central America and South America (as far south as Argentina and Uruguay). The species is easily confused with the giant swallowtail, which it closely resembles in both larval and adult stages.