Fill your herb garden with black swallowtail butterflies. Learn what the caterpillar, eggs and adult butterflies look like.

A queen butterfly’s underwings resemble a monarch’s, with white outlines on black hindwing veins and dark borders featuring white dots. Orange forewings have white specks. I watched this queen ...

(CNN) — Challenging times are ahead for smaller, lighter-colored butterflies as Earth’s climate continues to warm, a new study has found. Unlike their relatives with larger wings and darker colors, ...

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Once a butterfly emerges from its chrysalis, it usually flies around for a few weeks before dying. However, some species of ...

Did you know that South Carolina has its very own state butterfly? The Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio glaucus) was designated as the official butterfly of the Palmetto State by Act Number 319 in ...

Nature’s Ark, has developed two mobile Android apps — iButterfly Explorer and iBiodiversity Count — specifically targeted at ...

Learn about Heliconius butterflies' long lifespans and graceful aging, both of which may be achieved with a pollen-heavy diet ...

Some Heliconius butterflies can live for nearly a year with little sign of physical decline, offering a new window into the ...

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