"Nymphalidae"

#12657847

18 Aug 2025

A Ypthima butterfly rests in a forest in West Bengal state, on August 18, 2025

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18 Aug 2025

A Ypthima butterfly rests in a forest in West Bengal state, on August 18, 2025

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#12419678

28 May 2025

A Great Eggfly butterfly (Hypolimnas bolina), also known as the Common Eggfly or Blue Moon butterfly, rests on a leaf, in Tehatta, India, on May 24, 2025.

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#12419679

28 May 2025

A Great Eggfly butterfly (Hypolimnas bolina), also known as the Common Eggfly or Blue Moon butterfly, rests on a leaf, in Tehatta, India, on May 24, 2025.

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#12419680

28 May 2025

A Great Eggfly butterfly (Hypolimnas bolina), also known as the Common Eggfly or Blue Moon butterfly, rests on a leaf, in Tehatta, India, on May 24, 2025.

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28 May 2025

A Great Eggfly butterfly (Hypolimnas bolina), also known as the Common Eggfly or Blue Moon butterfly, rests on a leaf, in Tehatta, India, on May 24, 2025.

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#11687244

20 Oct 2024

Anartia is a genus of butterflies in the family Nymphalidae and subfamily Nymphalinae, found in tropical and subtropical areas in the Americas. These butterflies are known as peacocks, although the common European peacock (Aglais io) is not in the same genus.

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#11687263

20 Oct 2024

Anartia is a genus of butterflies in the family Nymphalidae and subfamily Nymphalinae, found in tropical and subtropical areas in the Americas. These butterflies are known as peacocks, although the common European peacock (Aglais io) is not in the same genus.

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#11687258

20 Oct 2024

The queen butterfly (Danaus gilippus) is a North and South American butterfly in the family Nymphalidae with a wingspan of 80-85 mm (3+1/8-3+3/8 in). It is orange or brown with black wing borders and small white forewing spots on its dorsal wing surface, and a reddish ventral wing surface fairly similar to the dorsal surface. The ventral hindwings have black veins and small white spots in a black border. The male has a black androconial scent patch on its dorsal hindwings. It is found in meadows, fields, marshes, deserts, and at the edges of forests.

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#11687279

20 Oct 2024

Heliconius charithonia, the zebra longwing or zebra heliconian, is a species of butterfly belonging to the subfamily Heliconiinae of the family Nymphalidae. Carl Linnaeus first describes it in his 1767 12th edition of Systema Naturae. The boldly striped black and white wing pattern is aposematic, warning off predators. It is the state butterfly of Florida. The species is distributed across South and Central America and as far north as southern Texas and peninsular Florida; there are migrations north into other American states in the warmer months.

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#11687282

20 Oct 2024

Heliconius charithonia, the zebra longwing or zebra heliconian, is a species of butterfly belonging to the subfamily Heliconiinae of the family Nymphalidae. Carl Linnaeus first describes it in his 1767 12th edition of Systema Naturae. The boldly striped black and white wing pattern is aposematic, warning off predators. It is the state butterfly of Florida. The species is distributed across South and Central America and as far north as southern Texas and peninsular Florida; there are migrations north into other American states in the warmer months.

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#11426872

22 Jul 2024

A Question Mark butterfly (Polygonia interrogationis) is resting on a leaf in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on July 13, 2024.

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#11110498

31 Mar 2024

The Dakhan Common Castor (Ariadne merione merione) is an orange butterfly found in South and Southeast Asia, with a wingspan ranging between 30-35 mm. Its larvae feed almost exclusively on the castor oil plant (Ricinus communis). Like others in the family Nymphalidae, it has small, unused front legs, effectively making it four-legged. These smaller appendages are covered with long hairs, giving them a characteristic brush-like appearance. This species of butterfly is seldom seen full-bodied and can sometimes be observed sipping plant sap. Their main food source is the extract from fruits that have fallen and rotted on the ground. A Dakhan Common Castor butterfly was observed sitting on a branch of a castor oil plant in Tehatta, West Bengal, India, on March 31, 2024.

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#11110499

31 Mar 2024

The Dakhan Common Castor (Ariadne merione merione) is an orange butterfly found in South and Southeast Asia, with a wingspan ranging between 30-35 mm. Its larvae feed almost exclusively on the castor oil plant (Ricinus communis). Like others in the family Nymphalidae, it has small, unused front legs, effectively making it four-legged. These smaller appendages are covered with long hairs, giving them a characteristic brush-like appearance. This species of butterfly is seldom seen full-bodied and can sometimes be observed sipping plant sap. Their main food source is the extract from fruits that have fallen and rotted on the ground. A Dakhan Common Castor butterfly was observed sitting on a branch of a castor oil plant in Tehatta, West Bengal, India, on March 31, 2024.

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#11110500

31 Mar 2024

The Dakhan Common Castor (Ariadne merione merione) is an orange butterfly found in South and Southeast Asia, with a wingspan ranging between 30-35 mm. Its larvae feed almost exclusively on the castor oil plant (Ricinus communis). Like others in the family Nymphalidae, it has small, unused front legs, effectively making it four-legged. These smaller appendages are covered with long hairs, giving them a characteristic brush-like appearance. This species of butterfly is seldom seen full-bodied and can sometimes be observed sipping plant sap. Their main food source is the extract from fruits that have fallen and rotted on the ground. A Dakhan Common Castor butterfly was observed sitting on a branch of a castor oil plant in Tehatta, West Bengal, India, on March 31, 2024.

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#11110501

31 Mar 2024

The Dakhan Common Castor (Ariadne merione merione) is an orange butterfly found in South and Southeast Asia, with a wingspan ranging between 30-35 mm. Its larvae feed almost exclusively on the castor oil plant (Ricinus communis). Like others in the family Nymphalidae, it has small, unused front legs, effectively making it four-legged. These smaller appendages are covered with long hairs, giving them a characteristic brush-like appearance. This species of butterfly is seldom seen full-bodied and can sometimes be observed sipping plant sap. Their main food source is the extract from fruits that have fallen and rotted on the ground. A Dakhan Common Castor butterfly was observed sitting on a branch of a castor oil plant in Tehatta, West Bengal, India, on March 31, 2024.

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