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Welcome at Butterflycorner! This is my homepage about the most beautiful butterflies on the world.
Here you can find helpful information about butterflies!
- pictures and photos
- explicit characterization of species
- distribution
- family tree data
- protection provisions (e.g. CITES, EU)
- synonyms
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THE MOST POPULAR TEN ARTICLES OF LAST MONTH
THE MOST IMPORTANT GENERA OF THIS HOMEPAGE
The good pictures and photos would be very interesting for all entomologists, lepidopterologists and last but not least all friends of butterflies. The photos can be used for a quick identification of a great number of nice butterflies.
Let impress you by elegancy and foreignness of the big, tropical butterflies with their wonderful colours. Some of these butterflies will take your breath away.
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Newest articles about butterflies
Atrophaneura semperi
Atrophaneura semperi is a butterfly from Australasia / Indomalaya ecozone (Australia). The first description was in 1861 by C. & R. Felder. The wingspan is about 12 – 15 cm. This butterfly is a member of the family PAPILIONIDAE. Atrophaneura semperi is black. The body has red hairs. On the underside of the hind wings there are some red spots. The females are dark-brown and they have on the upside of hindwings salmon spots.
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Atrophaneura rhodifer
Atrophaneura rhodifer is a butterfly from Australasia / Indomalaya ecozone (Australia). The first description was in 1876 by Butler. The wingspan is about 10 – 11 cm. This butterfly is a member of the family PAPILIONIDAE. Atrophaneura rhodifer is dark-brown or black. It has red and white spots. The underside of the body has red hairs.
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Pachliopta oreon
Pachliopta oreon is a butterfly from Australasia / Indomalaya ecozone (Australia). The first description was by Doherty. The wingspan is about 10 – 11 cm. This butterfly is a member of the family PAPILIONIDAE. Pachliopta oreon is dark-brown. It has red spots and a white areaon the wings.
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- Ornithoptera alexandrae (Queen Alexandra's Birdwing)
- Papilio ulysses (Odysseusfalter, Empereur Bleu, Mountain Blue)
- Papilio demodocus (Citrus Butterfly, Orange Dog, Christmas Butterfly)
- Morpho rhetenor (Blue Morpho)
- Papilio rumanzovia (Scarlet Mormon, Scharlachroter Schwalbenschwanz, Mormon écarlate)
- Graphium weiskei (Purple Spotted Swallowtail)
- Papilio hospiton (Corsican Swallowtail, Korsischer Schwalbenschwanz, Porte-queue de Corse)
- Ornithoptera goliath
- Ornithoptera priamus
- Papilio dardanus (African Swallowtail, Mocker Swallowtail, Mouchoir Volant, Afrikanischer Schwalbenschwanz)
THE MOST IMPORTANT GENERA OF THIS HOMEPAGE
The genus PAPILIO contain about 200 species and it is the biggest group of PAPILIONIDAE. PAPILIO butterflies (Swallowtails) lives on each continent without Antarctic. The biggest biodiversity is in tropical areas. Feedplants are members of family LAURACEAE, RUTACEAE and UMBELLIFERAE.
GENUS PAPILIO...
The genus GRAPHIUM contain about 160 species and it is a big group of PAPILIONIDAE. GRAPHIUM butterflies are from Africa, Asia and Australia.
GENUS GRAPHIUM...
This genus contain about 70 species and it is a big group of NYMPHALIDAE. MORPHO butterflies are from South America (NEOTROPIC). This butterflies have flouresce blue on there wings. This optical phenominon based on refraction and interference.
GENUS MORPHO...
The genus ORNITHOPTERA was described in 1832 by Boisduval. It contains at present about 13 species. The genus ORNITHOPTERA is a small group of PAPILIONIDAE. ORNITHOPTERA butterflies are from AUSTRALASIA-INDOMALAYA.
The biggest butterfly on earth is a member of this genus. These butterflies are green, blue, red and gold.
All of them are also called birdwing-butterflies. Birdwings are wonders of nature and we have to protect them.
GENUS ORNITHOPTERA...
The genus TROIDES was described in 1819 by Hübner. It contains at present about 20 species. The genus TROIDES is a small group of PAPILIONIDAE. TROIDES butterflies are from AUSTRALASIA-INDOMALAYA.
These butterflies are black and gold.
All of them are also called birdwing-butterflies. Birdwings are wonders of nature and we have to protect them.
GENUS TROIDES...
