Butterfly: Wingspan: 3½ - 4½ inches (8.7 - 11.3 cm). Large. Upperside of male wings is orange at outer portions and black/brown at base; females are black with blue on outer part of hindwing. Undersides do not have spot pattern.
The Diana fritillary is a large and beautiful butterfly, and much sought after by collectors. It is in the family Nymphalidae (brush-foots). Its wingspan is 3 ⁷⁄₁₆ to 4 ⁷⁄₁₆ inches (8.7 to 11.3 cm). Male and female butterflies differ.
The female Diana Fritillary (Speyeria diana) is black with blue on the outer part of the hingwing. The male is also black, but with orange at the edges of the wings.
Speyeria diana (Nymphalidae) (Cramer 1777) is a butterfly species endemic to the southeastern United States and is currently threatened across portions of its range.
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Males tend to have a more slender abdomen and females tend to have larger rounded abdomens. Some species can be identified by differences in the shape of the forewings. Hairstreaks are a good example of this, males have triangular forewings and females' forewings have a more rounded shape.
introduction with a flower as lovely as the Greek goddess for which it is named. Beautiful, large, pure-white flowers produce little seed. Thus, 'Diana' will bloom continuously from late June until frost.
Speyeria diana
Adults feed on flower nectar and dung.
Individuals may live for several weeks; in warm weather up to 4-6 weeks. In cold weather they survive 2-3 months, but cannot survive below 21 degrees Fahrenheit. The typical size of the adult Gulf Fritillary is 2.5" - 3.0".
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. From South American wonders to local Tropical icons, here's some stunning blue butterflies from around the world…
A team of butterfly observers and researchers have found White Tufted Royal Butterfly, a rare butterfly species at Kalliyad in Kannur. According to researcher and butterfly observer V.C. Balakrishnan, the butterfly is protected under Schedule 2 of the Wildlife Protection Act.
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).
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Palos Verdes Blue Butterfly on green grass. They are thought to be one of the rarest species of butterflies found in the world because they are endemic to their very small range of habitat.
Princess Diana Clematis. Princess Diana is so loved that she has more than one flower named after her. The Princess Diana Clematis was introduced in 1984 and has been popular ever since.
The heath fritillary is a rare butterfly that is restricted to a few key habitats: primarily, coppiced woodland or sheltered heathland where it can be seen flying close to the ground in a distinctive flutter-and-glide pattern.
The common name comes from a Latin word, fritillus, which means chessboard or dice box. Fritillary is also the name of a flower with an interesting checkered pattern; it is obvious that both the flower and the butterfly get their common name because of such pattern.
Geographic range. Gulf fritillaries are found primarily in the southern parts of the U.S., such as many regions of Texas and Florida. However, this butterfly's range can extend from the southern U.S. into parts of Mexico and Central America and sometimes as far as parts of South America. They are also found in Hawaii.
What self-respecting witch would be without Moon Flower (Datura) with white flowers that bloom in the night and give off an intoxicating fragrance? Used as a hallucinogen, and to increase physic vision and communicate with friendly spirits, the plant is poison to even handle.
Do butterflies sleep? Butterflies don't sleep like people do, but many species do take a rest in groups, a behavior called "roosting." Some may pause for just a night, while others roost for the entire winter season. Roosting together helps protect butterflies from predators and preserves energy for long migrations.
How long does a butterfly live? The life span of a butterfly varies between species. Small species may live for several days whilst other species of butterflies may live for a few months. The species we have on display have an average life span of 4 weeks.
The young (called a larva instead of a nymph) is very different from the adults. It also usually eats different types of food. There are four stages in the metamorphosis of butterflies and moths: egg, larva, pupa, and adult.
A handful of creatures are born divided down the middle, one half male and the other female, two sexes in one body. It's a phenomenon called bilateral gynandromorphism, and it has been spotted three times since 2008 at Sensational Butterflies, the Museum's exhibition of live butterflies and moths.
Butterflies are oviparous , meaning they lay eggs. Eggs from the female butterfly are fertilized by sperm from the male. The female butterfly stores the male's sperm in a bursa , or sac, until she is ready to lay eggs. Depending on the species, females lay eggs one at a time, in clusters, or in batches of hundreds.