The Western Pygmy Blue butterfly is a unique butterfly that often measures less than half an inch. Despite their name, these aren't colorful birds and instead primarily sport brown coats that make these most unique butterflies even harder to spot.
Monarch. It's the world's most famous kind of butterfly. The monarch is renowned for its migration, when multiple generations work their way north during spring and summer, then a fall generation flies all the way to southern Mexico or to the California coast to spend the winter.
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…
The purple copper butterfly is one of Australia's rarest butterfly species and is only found in the Central Tablelands of New South Wales.
The Pink Rose (Pachliopta kotzebuea) is a butterfly of the Papilionidae family. It is found in the Philippines.
However there is some evidence that certain butterflies do demonstrate intelligence and reasoning. Experiments have proven that Heliconius butterflies can learn home ranges within which they can memorise the locations of nectar and pollen sources, host plants and communal roosting sites.
#1. Palos Verdes Blue. 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.
Catasticta sibyllae, named for Maria Sibylla Merian, is known from only two specimens.
Papilio ulysses, the Ulysses butterfly (also commonly known as the Blue emperor), is a large swallowtail butterfly of Australia, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands.
There are many species of “rainbow butterflies” and they live in different places around the world. Genera include Chrysiridia, Alcides, and Urania, each with several species. These are in the same sub- family, Uraniinae.
This magnificent butterfly flies high in the tree-tops of well-wooded landscapes in central-southern England where it feeds on aphid honeydew and tree sap. The adults are extremely elusive and occur at low densities over large areas.
The Golden Royal (also known as the Dawnas Royal) is rare in Singapore. It was re-discovered in 2005 where a single individual was spotted in a reservior park. Since then there have been a few sightings at various places outside the nature reserve.
I have always enjoyed the Monarch butterfly. They are so beautiful and seem so majestic. They are called the king of the butterflies and I agree that, at least from my perspective, they are just that.
This spectacular butterfly, also known as the Dagger Tail Butterfly, has been acknowledged in the Guinness Book of Records as the most aggressive butterfly in the world.
Monarch Butterfly – The King of Butterflies and His Royal Family.
The rarest animal in the world is the vaquita (Phocoena sinus). It is a kind of critically endangered porpoise that only lives in the furthest north-western corner of the Gulf of California in Mexico. There are only 18 left in the world. It is thought that they may be extinct in ten years.
They are extremely elusive and are found in small numbers over large areas, mainly in oak woodland in southern England. Despite a decline in the 20th century, it seems the purple emperor may be expanding its range again, even into suburban areas. South-central England is still prime territory, though.
Achemon sphinx moths are some of the rarest moths in the world. They are only found in a few places on the planet and are very difficult to find. This moth is very small and has a wingspan of only about 4 centimeters.
Previous generations completed their life cycle in four weeks. Each of these previous generations migrated north, resulting in four generations over the course of the summer. Butterflies in this last generation are members of the generation that migrates south, often called the monarch super generation.
The Palos Verdes blue butterfly is among the world's rarest. It's native to the Palos Verdes Peninsula in southwest Los Angeles County, California, the United States.
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 Queen Butterfly (Danaus gilippus) is a North and South American butterfly in the family Nymphalidae with a wingspan of 70–88 mm (2.8–3.5 in).
First the basics; like humans, butterflies are either male or female. They mate, joining the tips of their abdomens, and the male passes sperm to the female in order to fertilize her eggs. The female then lays her eggs on plants or on the ground. All very straightforward.