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At Flat Rock Brook Nature Center, New Jersey, United States. Its wingspan ranges from 62 to 88 mm (2.4 to 3.5 in). [ 2] It is characterized by its orange colour above with five black dashes near forewing base and several irregular black dashes at the base of the hindwing. In addition, two rows of black crescents run along the edges of the wings.
Karner blue butterfly (state butterfly) Plebejus melissa samuelis: 1992 [36] New Jersey: European honey bee (state bug) Apis mellifera: 1974 [37] Black swallowtail (state butterfly) Papilio polyxenes: 2014 [38] New Mexico: Tarantula hawk wasp (state insect) Pepsis grossa: 1989 [39] Sandia hairstreak (state butterfly) Callophrys mcfarlandi: 2003 ...
Dryas iulia (often incorrectly spelled julia), [3] commonly called the Julia butterfly, Julia heliconian, the flame, or flambeau, is a species of brush-footed (or nymphalid) butterfly. The sole representative of its genus Dryas , [ 4 ] it is native from Brazil to southern Texas and Florida , and in summer can sometimes be found as far north as ...
Pyrameis ammiralis Godart, 1821. Pyrameis atalanta (Linnaeus, 1758) Vanessa atalanta, the red admiral or, previously, the red admirable, [ 3] is a well-characterized, medium-sized butterfly with black wings, red bands, and white spots. It has a wingspan of about 2 inches (5 cm). [ 4] It was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th ...
Phoebis sennae, the cloudless sulphur, is a mid-sized butterfly in the family Pieridae found in the Americas. There are several similar species such as the yellow angled-sulphur ( Anteos maerula ), which has angled wings, statira sulphur ( Aphrissa statira ), and other sulphurs, which are much smaller. The species name comes from the genus ...
The list comprises butterfly species listed in The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland by Emmet et al. [1] and Britain's Butterflies by Tomlinson and Still. [2] A study by NERC in 2004 found there has been a species decline of 71% of butterfly species between 1983 and 2003. [3]
Butterflies and Poppies is an artwork by Vincent Van Gough, Vincent completed the artwork in 1889. Butterflies and poppies was painted onto a canvas with oil paints. Vincent used a lot of layers in Butterflies and Poppies to create an almost textile-like feel. Using very fine brush strokes also helped to create this illusion.
Whites and sulphurs are small to medium-sized butterflies. Their wingspans range from 0.8 to 4.0 inches (2-10.2 cm). There are about 1,000 species worldwide with about 61 species in North America. Most whites and sulphurs are white, yellow, and orange with some black, and some may be various shades of gray green.