My butterfly photography

In the myths and cultures of many peoples, butterflies symbolize the soul or mind. These are the beliefs of the Chinese, Greeks and Romans. In Japan, a butterfly may indicate an upcoming visit from a loved one, but more often it is viewed as a bad omen.

Someone, looking at butterflies, admires their weightless beauty, while someone claims that these are furry caterpillars with wings. The truth, as always, is somewhere in between - after all, butterflies really develop from caterpillars.

Butterflies see moving objects much better than stationary ones.

In butterflies, during the development of which a genetic mutation occurs, one half of the body may be male and the other half female. Sometimes only certain parts of the butterfly's body have signs of the opposite sex - for example, a piece of a male's wing has a color typical for females.

Almost all butterflies have a symmetrical pattern on the right and left wings, but there are also species with different patterns on each side of the body.





The shape and wingspan of different species of butterflies varies from 2 mm to 28 cm.

Category	Photography
Camera	Sony Alpha