Image Gallery - Image gallery: butterflies and moths

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Turquoise, yellow, and black butterfly



Unknown moth

(Costa Rica)


Comet moth (Andasibe)


Brown skipper butterfly
Brown skipper butterfly

(Brazil)


Black butterfly with a white fringe; an orange patch; and turquoise spots

(Costa Rica)


Orange; black; white; and yellow butterfly in the Costa Rican rainforest

(Costa Rica)


Butterfly



Sleeping blue morpho butterfly

(Costa Rica)


Iridescent blue and black butterfly in hand



Orange, white, and brown butterfly



Butterfly (Great Mormon - Papilio memnon?)



Grey moth



Transparent moth

(Costa Rica)


Butterfly (Great Mormon - Papilio memnon?)



Yellow and black swallowtail butterfly

(Costa Rica)


Butterfly with yellow-green and gray underparts

(Indonesia)


Butterfly



Leopard Lacewing (Cethosia cyane)


Blue color form of the postman butterfly
Blue color form of the postman butterfly

(Brazil)


Orange and brown butterfly



Butterfly feeding on flowers



Malaysian Blue Clipper (Parthenos sylvia)



Orange and brown butterfly



Black butterfly with turquoise spots


Swallowtail feeding on red flowers
Swallowtail feeding on red flowers

(Utah; United States)


Brown; white; and red butterfly

(Costa Rica)


Brown; orange; and white butterfly

(Suriname)

White butterfly with its wings in a 'forward' position
White butterfly with its wings in a 'forward' position

(Laos)


Butterfly



Clearwing butterfly



Orange, yellow, and black butterfly



Clipper (Parthenos sylvia)



Great Mormon (Papilio memnon) feeding on a red hibiscus

(Indonesia)


Blue morpho with its wings closed

(Costa Rica)


Blue morpho butterfly


Blue morpho with wings closed feeding on a bird dropping
Blue morpho with wings closed feeding on a bird dropping



Black, white, orange, and yellow moth



Black moth with orange and green spots


Postman butterfly
Postman butterfly

(Brazil)


Blue morpho butterfly



Common Lime Butterfly (Papilio demoleus)



Black butterfly with a white fringe; an orange patch; and turquoise spots

(Costa Rica)


Monarch butterfly feeding on a flower

(Costa Rica)

Swallowtail feeding on red flowers
Swallowtail feeding on red flowers

(Utah; United States)


Fuschia, orange, and blue butterfly


Black ants
Black ants

(Thailand)


Butterfly feeding on flowers


Strange moth
Strange moth

(Costa Rica)

Yellow and light green butterflies
Yellow and light green butterflies

(Brazil)

Zebra longwing (Heliconius charithonia vazquezae)
Zebra longwing (Heliconius charithonia vazquezae)



Yellow-orange moth

(Indonesia)


Black butterfly with a white fringe; an orange patch; and turquoise spots

(Costa Rica)


Swallowtail butterfly



Orange and brown butterfly



Neon green skipper butterfly




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