Emily Flores
Butterflies are among the most attractive creatures in nature, thanks to their beautiful wings and vibrant colors. Their beauty has sparked poetry, art, and admiration across countries and generations. These 15 butterflies are among the most beautiful in the world.
Glasswing
The Glasswing butterfly is mainly found in Central and northern regions of South America. The transparent wings of the Glasswing butterfly has a delicate elegance that distinguishes it from species with brighter colors.
Zebra Longwing
The striking black-and-yellow striped pattern of the Zebra Longwing, makes it easily identifiable and uniquely different from other beautiful butterfly species. This butterfly is notable for having an incredibly long lifespan—it can live for up to six months in the wild. The habitat of the zebra longwing is found in South and Central America.
Peacock Pansy
Found in Asia, the Peacock Pansy is a real showstopper with its vivid design. Its wings are a remarkable combination of rich, velvety texture, detailed lines, and strong eyespots.
Postman Butterfly
The Postman Butterfly stands out due to its complex wing colors, which includes color tones of orange, black, white, and occasionally blue or magenta. The butterfly’s patterns on its wings, such as bars, bands, and eyespots, add to its attraction and make it a lovely sight.
Blue Morpho
The Blue Morpho is a true icon of the Amazon rainforest. This butterfly is a sight to behold as it flaps through lush vegetation; it measures up to 8 inches across its stunning glossy blue wings.
Orange Oakleaf
The distinctive form and color of the Orange Oakleaf’s wings, which resemble a dead leaf, set it apart. Its natural camouflage helps it avoid predators. The Orange Oakleaf shows interesting color blends of blue and orange when its wings are spread. This butterfly can be found in Asia.
Zebra Swallowtail
The Zebra Swallowtail is one of the most peculiar butterflies in North America. It is known for its bold, black and white striped wings. Its wings are long and pointed, with the hindwings featuring prominent tails that can be twice as long as the rest of the wing. The Zebra Swallowtail can be commonly seen in woodlands, riverbanks, and meadows where pawpaw trees grow. They are also frequent visitors to gardens and flower-filled areas where they can find nectar.
Emerald Swallowtail
The Southeast Asian Emerald Swallowtail is distinguished by its shiny black and green wings. The scales on this butterfly produce a stunning effect that changes depending on the light’s angle.
Queen Alexandra’s Birdwing
This species feeds exclusively on the vines and foliage of local pipevine (Aristolochia) plants. Collectors have long prized the spectacular Queen Alexandra’s Birdwing for their size, color, and unusual shape. It is the biggest butterfly in the world. Its expansive wings, often up to 11 inches wide, display bright shades of green and blue.
Common Buckeye
The bold color sequence and eyespots make the Common Buckeye easy to identify. With a wingspan of 1.5 to 2.5 inches, this medium-sized North American butterfly exhibits a great combination of colors, like brown, orange, black, white, blue, and magenta.
Monarch
One of the most iconic butterflies, the Monarch is known for its eye-catching orange and black markings. Generally, a butterfly’s wings clap quickly, on average 20 times per second, while a monarch’s claps are slower, on average 5–12 times per second. Very elegant, in fact, much like the calm hand wave of a royal. Although they are native to North and South America, monarch butterflies have moved to other warm regions where milkweed is found.
Apollo Butterfly
The Apollo is breathtaking, with its radiant white wings decorated with black and red markings. Its wings are slightly transparent and shiny, with five large black eyespots on the forewings and two bright red or orange eyespots on the hindwings. The red eyespots can vary in size and intensity depending on the geographic location of the Apollo butterfly.
Ulysses Butterfly
Because of its fine black edges and patterns that contrast with its bright blue wings, the Ulysses Butterfly is a real gem among butterfly species. It is also well known for its majestic flight across the Australian desert, and the tropical rainforests.
Malachite
This butterfly species has large black and brilliant green or yellow-green wings on the top side, while the underside is light brown and olive green. The Malachite Butterfly is named after the mineral malachite due to the similarity in color between the bright green on its wings and the mineral itself.
Eighty-Eight Butterfly
The Eighty-Eight butterfly is a beauty to behold. Its different markings on the underside of its hindwings, which resemble the numbers “88” or sometimes “89,” make the butterfly outstanding. This pattern is composed of bold black and white bands. When in flight, the blue, green, and black colors on the upper side of the wings provide an amazing sight.
Comments
Loading…