Nymphalidae
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knapweed fritillary on knapweed in the morning.
Ich fand diesen tollen Schmetterling am Abend, als das Licht langsam weniger wurde und kam am nächsten Morgen zurück auf die Wiese, um ihn bei Morgenlicht abzulichten.
Abend Foto siehe: flic.kr/p/2oNHamT
Krabi, Thailand
Order : Lepidoptera
Family : Nymphalidae
Sub-Family : Heliconiinae
Genus : Cepora
Species : Dryas iulia
This beautiful longwing species is not native to Thailand and originates from the Americas. However, it is believed to have originated from a butterfly farm in Phuket and there is now a healthy wild population found in a number of places in southern Thailand and peninsular Malaysia.
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Araschnia levana f. levana belongs to the Nymphalidae family and has a wingspan of about 32 mm (spring generation) and 38 - 43 mm (summer generation). The summer generation looks very different from the spring generation. The species occurs in many parts of Europe and temperate Asia as far east as Korea and Japan.
Chiang Dao Nature Sanctuary, Chiang Mai, Thailand
Order : Lepidoptera
Family : Nymphalidae
Sub-Family : Apaturinae
Genus : Herona
Species : Herona marathus marathus
This rare beauty was one of the highlights of my last expedition to Thailand in 2020 just before the lockdown.
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All my insect pics are one shot, hand-held macros of live insects in the wild.
Encontrei essa bela borboleta repousando sobre uma folha que acredito ser de uma bromélia. Estava muito tranquila permitindo assim grande aproximação e com isso favorecendo a utilização da técnica de empilhamento de foco em campo. Algumas fotos finais foram perdidas pois a borboleta resolveu voar e partiu.
Empilhamento de foco feito com 52 fotografias usando luz mista (natural+flash) combinadas posteriormente com o programa Combine ZP.
California State University
Fullerton
Biology Greenhouse Complex
Pair of Gulf Fritillary with sharp detail of the wing veins and scales.
Anartia jatrophae, the White Peacock, is a species of butterfly found in the southeastern United States, Central America, and throughout much of South America. The white peacock's larval hosts are water hyssop (Bacopa monnieri), lemon bacopa (Bacopa caroliniensis), tropical waterhyssop (Bacopa innominata), frogfruit (Phyla nodiflora), lanceleaf frogfruit (Phyla lanceolata), and Carolina wild petunia (Ruellia caroliniana). The males of the species display a unique territorial behavior, in which they stake out a territory typically 15 meters in diameter that contains larval host plants. They perch in this area and aggressively protect it from other insects and other male white peacocks. (Wikipedia)
Summit Ponds, Panama. January 2014.
The Nymphalidae are the largest family of butterflies, with over 6,000 species spread across most of the world. They belong to the superfamily Papilionoidea and are usually medium to large butterflies. Most species have a reduced pair of front legs and many keep their colorful wings flat when resting. They are also called brush-footed butterflies or four-legged butterflies, as they are known to stand on only four legs while the other two are coiled; in some species, these forelimbs have a brush-like set of hairs, which gives this family its other common name. Many species are brightly colored and include popular species such as the emperors, monarch butterflies, admirals, tortoises, and nacres. The underwings, on the other hand, are often dull and in some species look remarkably like dead leaves, or are much paler, creating a cryptic effect that helps the butterflies blend in with their surroundings.
The monarch butterfly or simply monarch (Danaus plexippus) is a milkweed butterfly (subfamily Danainae) in the family Nymphalidae. Other common names, depending on region, include milkweed, common tiger, wanderer, and black veined brown. It may be the most familiar North American butterfly, and is considered an iconic pollinator species. Its wings feature an easily recognizable black, orange, and white pattern, with a wingspan of 8.9–10.2 cm (3 1⁄2–4 in) A Müllerian mimic, the viceroy butterfly, is similar in color and pattern, but is markedly smaller and has an extra black stripe across each hindwing.
The eastern North American monarch population is notable for its annual southward late-summer/autumn migration from the northern and central United States and southern Canada to Florida and Mexico. During the fall migration, monarchs cover thousands of miles, with a corresponding multi-generational return north. The western North American population of monarchs west of the Rocky Mountains often migrates to sites in southern California but has been found in overwintering Mexican sites as well.
Monarchs have been bred on the International Space Station!
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