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Libythea lepita, the common beak, is a butterfly that belongs to the Libytheinae group of the brush-footed butterflies family. It is found from southern India to Japan and its larval food plants include members of the Cannabaceae , particularly in the genera Celtis and Trema .
Eclectus is a genus of parrot, the Psittaciformes, which consists of four known extant species known as eclectus parrots and the extinct Eclectus infectus, the oceanic eclectus parrot. The extant eclectus parrots are medium-sized parrots native to regions of Oceania , particularly New Guinea and Australia .
The upperside ground colour is rich silky brown. The forewing has the cell filled with a broad orange-yellow streak which is subapically deeply indented above; a small discal orange-yellow spot present in interspace 1; a much larger, similarly coloured discal spot between veins 2 and 4, on the inner side touching the cell between veins 3 and 4; a subcostal white preapical spot and a quadrate ...
Genus Eclectus. Moluccan eclectus, Eclectus roratus; Sumba eclectus, Eclectus cornelia; Tanimbar eclectus, Eclectus riedeli; Papuan eclectus, Eclectus polychloros † Oceanic eclectus, Eclectus infectus (extinct or prehistoric) Genus Psittacula. Alexandrine parakeet, Psittacula eupatria † Seychelles parakeet, Psittacula wardi
The male has more yellow-toned plumage on the head and neck. The tail is bluer and has a small pale lemon yellow border. The female is a brighter red on the head, back, and wings. Her undertail coverts are yellow and at least an inch of the tail is bright pure yellow. [4] Vosmaer's eclectus is the most commonly kept subspecies in aviculture. [6]
The violet-necked lory is 27 cm (11 in) long. It bears a strong resemblance to the female eclectus parrot except it has an orange-yellow beak. It is mostly red and blue with a blue abdomen. its extent of blue neck collar depends on subspecies. It has red and black in wings and a purple-red tail. [8]
Yellow Butterfly is open January through December. The current hours and days are noon to 6 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday, noon to 7 p.m. Friday and noon to 8 p.m. Saturday.
The scales on butterfly wings are pigmented with melanins that can produce the colours black and brown. The white colour in the butterfly family Pieridae is a derivative of uric acid, an excretory product. [13] [40]: 84 Bright blues, greens, reds, and iridescence are usually created not by pigments but through the microstructure of the scales.