The blue morpho is among the largest butterflies in the world, with wings spanning from five to eight inches. Their vivid, iridescent blue coloring is a result of the microscopic scales on the backs of their wings, which reflect light.
Palos Verdes Blue butterflies (Glaucopsyche lygdamus palosverdesensis) are among the rarest in the United States. Native only to the Palos Verdes Peninsula in California, they were nearly extinct.
The Ulysses butterfly is found in most tropical rainforest areas such as Northern Queensland, Northern islands of Australia and Papua New Guinea and lives below the rainforest canopy. Did you know? Its common name is “Mountain Blue Butterfly” and is a large swallowtail butterfly.
Blue is the rarest occurring colour in nature, with no true blue pigments in plants. In some ways, blue butterflies are natures way of completing the colour spectrum.
They are the bay checkerspot, Fender's blue, crystal skipper, the Miami blue, Saint Francis' satyr, and the rarest butterfly in the world, the Schaus swallowtail, whose habitat is sadly found in the sprawling metropolis of Miami. Of all six species together, only about 3,000 remain.
Monarch butterflies also known as the king of butterflies possess 12000 eyes, which helps them to see in all directions. These butterflies possess two kinds of eyes, that is, compound and simple.
The purple copper butterfly is one of Australia's rarest butterfly species and is only found in the Central Tablelands of New South Wales. Its habitat is restricted to elevations above 900 metres. The purple copper butterfly feeds only on a subspecies of blackthorn (Bursaria spinosa subspecies lasiophylla).
Blue butterflies are often considered a symbol of love. Blue is one of the fresh colors. Due to their colors, blue butterflies send us a vibration of joy and happiness. Looking at them or holding them can calm us down or help us meditate.
Yellow. Yellow is a color of hope, guidance as well as a bright summer. Also, a flying yellow butterfly is believed to bring good luck. It is also a symbolic of child's departed soul who is resting in peace.
The Skyline Ridges support approximately 2,000 adults, and there may be as many as 500 at Twin Peaks.
But when it comes to nature, blue is very rare. Less than 1 in 10 plants have blue flowers and far fewer animals are blue. So why is that? Part of the reason is that there isn't really a true blue colour or pigment in nature and both plants and animals have to perform tricks of the light to appear blue.
Adult Orchard Butterflies are large, black and white butterflies common in Sydney's suburban gardens from October to May. The undersides of their wings have striking colours, which are not always obvious when they fly.
There are a few butterflies across the world with a purple appearance. Some of these include: the Purple Emperor, the Colorado Hairstreak, the Purple Hairstreak, the Rhopalocera Singaporeana, the Purple Sapphire, the Karner blue, the Purple leafwing, and the Royal Assyrian.
The Purple Emperor is rare among butterflies. It avoids flowers, preferring rotting animal corpses, faeces, mud puddles - and even human sweat.
The color blue in a butterfly is often thought to symbolize joy, color or a change in luck. Sometimes a blue butterfly is viewed as a wish granter.
In spirituality, butterflies often represent change, transformation, hope, and your inner self. A loved one, angel, or spirit guide may be trying to send you a message of hope or peace if a butterfly lands on you. Butterflies could gravitate to you if you have a kind, compassionate, and/or imaginative spirit.
Many times, yellow butterflies are associated with new life and the hope that comes with the change in a season. Seeing a yellow butterfly near you could either mean a change in weather is near or a positive change in your life is about to occur.
Sign Of Good Luck
Some people believe that if a butterfly lands on you, it's a sign of good luck. Butterflies are often seen as symbols of hope and new beginnings, so it makes sense that finding one on you would be considered a good omen.
Vice President of Patient Services Linda Geisler, RN, NEA-BC, FACHE, explained to all hospital staff that if they saw a butterfly next to the room number on a door, the patient was at the end of life and should be treated accordingly.
The common blue is a small blue butterfly that flies throughout the summer between April and October. The most widespread of the blue butterflies, it is found in a variety of habitats, including heathland, woodland rides, grassy meadows, parks, large gardens and waste ground.
The small blue (Cupido minimus) is a Palearctic butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. Despite its common name, it is not particularly blue. The male has some bluish suffusion at the base of its upper wings but is mostly dark brown like the female.
The Cairns Birdwing (Ornithoptera priamus) is the largest butterfly in Australia with a wingspan of over 16cm.
Are golden butterflies real? Right now, the internet is obsessing over this video of a butterfly pupae that looks like gold when you set your eyes on it. However, 'not everything that glitters is gold' stands true here. The pupae actually belongs to a species of butterfly named cream-spotted tigerwing.
A longtime favorite of staff and visitors alike, the zebra longwing (Heliconius charitonius) is native from South America to south Texas and Florida, and occasionally an immigrant can be found as far north as Nebraska!