Think of this as your butterfly identification cheat sheet ... The skippers, for instance, have small wings, while the ...

By Veronique Greenwood Floating languorously through forests and jungles of the Americas, longwing butterflies have many secrets. The 30-odd species in this group include many mimics. The wing ...

Mostly they are silent fliers, capturing the attention of their own kind - and humans, too - with the vivid color of their wings. If only butterflies could talk. Maybe they can. A University of ...

Tiger longwings (Heliconius hecale), can be found in Central America and further south in the Amazon. They are part of the most important tropical butterfly group for the study of diversity and ...

Zebra longwing butterflies (Heliconius charithonia) can be found flitting about the southern United States through Central and South Americas. Like several other species of the Heliconius genus ...

During spring and summer, more than 30 species enjoy the tropical ... Common names for some of these butterflies are postman, giant owl, Julia longwing, zebra longwing, Grecian shoemaker, blue ...

I frequently see the caterpillar of the monarch butterfly around my garden, but I’ve never noticed any caterpillars that look like this guy. He was happily munching away on my passionflower vine.

White Peacock. All butterflies are insects and share many characteristics--yet each species is unique and has its own life story. Zebra Longwing. Flower nectar is the food source for many adult ...

Mating between different species has often been considered an evolutionary dead end, but a study in longwing butterflies suggests that such hybridization could underlie the origins of a new species.