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The town of Janitzio, which means "maize flower" in Purépecha [citation needed], is located atop a hill on the island. Janitzio can only be reached by boats which run regularly back and forth from about 7:30 am to 6 pm, accessible from Pátzcuaro's pier (embarcadero). [2] The boats take approximately 25 minutes to reach the island. [3]
Euchloe ausonides insulanus, the island marble butterfly, is a subspecies of the Euchloe ausonides (large marble butterfly) and is found in the San Juan Islands in Washington in the northwestern United States. The butterfly was thought to be extinct and was last observed on Gabriola Island, British Columbia in 1908.
Euchloe ausonides, the large marble [1] or creamy marblewing, [2] is a species of butterfly that occurs in western North America. [1] It lays eggs on the terminal flower buds of a variety of plants in the mustard family, including introduced Eurasian species, and the larvae feed on the buds, flowers and fruit of these plants. [3]
T. magellanus shows a blue-green sheen if viewed from an oblique angle.Troides magellanus and the much rarer T. prattorum, are noted for their use of limited-view iridescence: the yellow of the dorsal hindwings is modified by bright blue-green iridescence which is only seen when the butterfly is viewed at a narrow, oblique angle.
The Lepidoptera of Saint Helena, Ascension Island and Tristan da Cunha consist of the butterflies and moths recorded from those places. According to a recent estimate, there are a total of about 120 Lepidoptera species present.
Ornithoptera victoriae, the Queen Victoria's birdwing, is a birdwing butterfly of the family Papilionidae, found in the Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea (Bougainville Island only). What was originally described as Ornithoptera allotei, is a natural hybrid between Ornithoptera victoriae and Ornithoptera priamus urvillianus.
Ornithoptera goliath supremus Röber, 1896 Eastern New Guinea from N.E. Irian Jaya in the west, to the east of New Guinea and Goodenough Island; Ornithoptera goliath ukihidei Hanafusa, 1994 Yapen Island (off the north coast of Irian Jaya) Subspecies synonyms Ornithoptera goliath sorongensis Morita & Sugiyama, 1998 junior synonym of ssp. atlas ...
The Lepidoptera of the Cook Islands consist of both the butterflies and moths recorded from the Cook Islands, a self-governing island country in the South Pacific Ocean. According to a recent estimate, about 170 Lepidoptera species are present on the Cook Islands.