The monarch butterfly is a beautiful and colorful creature, but it takes time to reach this stage of its adult life.

The jungle queen butterfly, Stichophthalma fruhstorferi, inhabits a very specific range in Vietnam. The upper (left) and underside (right) of its wings resemble dead leaves.

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The blue morpho butterfly shows off its brightly colored wings when in flight. But at rest, with closed wings, the butterfly reveals a dull brown color that helps the animal blend in with its ...

Like a beautiful butterfly emerging from a plain brown chrysalis, magnificent blossoms sprout from seemingly lifeless branches every spring. Plumeria, also known as Frangipani, are colorful ...

The colorful evolution of moths and butterflies These insects belong to a large, but young group. By MARY F. WILLSON Friday, March 22, 2019 7:00am News Alaska Outdoors ...

These beautiful butterflies appear black from a distance, but the top of the hind wings actually shimmer with an iridescent blue-green color. The undersides of the hind wings have a row of orange ...

Rye’sAbove’s butterfly sculptures add color to Village Green. For Richard Sgaglio, director of public relations at the Rotary Club of Rye and VP of marketing & development for The Osborn, the project ...