BEAUTIFUL BUTTERFLIES IN THE WORLD
BEAUTIFUL BUTTERFLIES IN THE WORLD
Blue Morpho
Blue morpho butterfly is one of the largest butterflies in the world with wingspan 5-6 inches. They are mainly found in tropical forests of South and Central America. Blue morpho butterflies are easily recognized by their vivid blue colored wings with black edges.The wings of male morpho butterflies appears more brighter and beautiful than that of females.The underpart of blue morpho’s wings are in brown color with number of eyespots. The back parts of wings also helps blue morpho to make camouflage such that they can hide from potential predators like lizards, frogs and birds.Blue morpho butterflies spent most of time in lower shrubs of tropical forests. But they become visible to all sections of the forest during mating season. The beautiful butterflies also release strong smell from their glands when they being threaten by other animals. They mainly feeds on leaves of varieties of plants, fungi and rotting fruits.
Zebra Longwing Butterfly
Zebra longwing butterfly is the official butterfly of Florida of United States, declared in 1996. As it’s name implies the butterfly has low narrow wings with zebra like stripes. Their wings are in black color with yellow stripes. The top and bottom part of zebra longwing’s wings have same pattern. But the color of underpart of wing is much lighter than that of upper part. The fascinating butterflies are distributed throughout South and Central America. The wingspan of zebra longwing ranges between 72 and 100 mm.
Zebra longwings are the the only butterflies that like to feed on pollen. Scientists believed that nutrients from pollen help the zebra longwings to live longer (about six months) than that of other butterfly species.They also like to have leaves and nectar. Zebra longwings make creaking sound when they threatened. They stay together in group at night on tree branches.Heliconius charithonia, the zebra longwing or zebra heliconian, is a species of butterfly belonging to the subfamily Heliconiinae of the family Nymphalidae. The boldly striped black and white wing pattern is aposematic, warning off predators.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.Zebra longwing adults roost communally at night in groups of up to 60 adults for safety from predators. The adult butterflies are unusual in feeding on pollen as well as on nectar; the pollen enables them to synthesize cyanogenic glycosides that make their bodies toxic to potential predators. Caterpillars feed on various species of passionflower, evading the plants’ defensive trichomes by biting them off or laying silk mats over them.
Peacock Pansy
The peacock pansy butterflies are recognized by their striking eyespots. The fascinating butterflies are native to South Asian countries. The upperside of peacock fansy’s wings are yellowish brown in color with brown edges. There are also distinct costal bars and attractive ‘peacock eyespots’ on the wings. The eyespots on the lower part of the wings become more prominent and attractive.The patterns on underside peacock pansy’s wing’s changes with season. Unlike dry season more brightfull patterns and eyespots form on the wings in wet season. Compare to upperside the costal bars on the edges of underside of their wings are appears to be dull and less attractive.It takes 3 – 5 days to hatch the eggs of peacock pansy. The leaves of host plant become main food of caterpillars. It also takes another 5-6 days for development as a butterfly from pupa. The adult peacock pansy has a wingspan between 54-62 mm. They mainly prefers to live in gardens and open areas.
Eighty Eight Butterfly
The beautiful eighty eight butterfly or diaethria clymena native to South and Central America. They are named after the black and white stripes on their underwing that outline the number ‘eighty eight’. The same numbering found in 12 different species of diaethria butterfly.But the coloring and pattern slightly differs across the species. The upperside of eighty eight butterfly’s wings are black and band of blue and green also appears on their forewings. The underside of their wings have attractive black markings on white and red. The thickness and brightness of the black markings are also varies among different species of eighty eight butterfly.The eighty eight butterflies are found in small and large group in accordance with circumstances. The active butterflies are also found in human habitations. They also like to rest on rock faces and mineral rich soil. They laid the eggs on leaves of trema plants. The larvaes also feed on the leaves of the host plant. The adult eighty eight butterfly has a wingspan of 35-40 mm. Eighty eight butterflies mainly feed on rotten fruits.
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