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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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(South America) (Africa) (Australia)
Newest articles about butterflies
Papilio demoleus (Lime Butterfly)
Papilio demoleus, also called Lime Butterfly is a butterfly from Australasia / Indomalaya ecozone (Australia). The first description was in 1758 by Linnaeus. The wingspan is about 8 – 9 cm. This butterfly is a member of the family PAPILIONIDAE. Papilio demoleus is black. It has a large number of yellow spots.
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Papilio paris (Paris Peacock)
Papilio paris, also called Paris Peacock is a butterfly from Australasia / Indomalaya ecozone (Australia). The first description was in 1758 by Linnaeus. The wingspan is about 8 – 10 cm. This butterfly is a member of the family PAPILIONIDAE. Papilio paris is black. A metallic-green area dominates the hind wings.
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Papilio hoppo
Papilio hoppo is a butterfly from Australasia / Indomalaya ecozone (Australia). The first description was in 1908 by Matsumura. The wingspan is about 9 – 10 cm. This butterfly is a member of the family PAPILIONIDAE. Papilio hoppo is black. A blue-violett area and some purple spots dominate the hind wings.
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THE MOST POPULAR ARTICLES OF LAST MONTH (OCTOBER)
- Ornithoptera alexandrae (Queen Alexandra's Birdwing)
- Morpho rhetenor (Blue Morpho)
- Morpho nestira
- Papilio demodocus (Citrus butterfly, Orange Dog, Christmas Butterfly)
- Papilio dardanus (African Swallowtail, Mocker Swallowtail, Mouchoir Volant, Afrikanischer Schwalbenschwanz)
- Morpho cypris
- Morpho aega
- Graphium weiskei (Purple Spotted Swallowtail)
- Morpho anaxibia
- Papilio rumanzovia (Scarlet Mormon, Scharlachroter Schwalbenschwanz, Mormon écarlate)
- Sasakia charonda (Japanese Emperor, Japanischer Kaiser)
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...
