Butterfly
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Butterflies are winged insects from the lepidopteran superfamily Papilionoidea, characterised by large, often brightly coloured wings that often fold together when at rest, and a conspicuous, flutteri
Possibly the original butter-fly. A male brimstone (Gonepteryx rhamni) in flight.
A zoomed in view of the wing scales on a Aglais io, or peacock butterfly.
Most butterflies fly by day, most moths by night: but Arctia caja is day-flying.
Papilio polytes
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Papilio polytes, the common Mormon, is a common species of swallowtail butterfly widely distributed across Asia.
Common mormon female form stichius Kuang Si
Common mormon female form stichius on citrus blossom Shuangyu
male form romulus, Laos
male form romulus, Laos