Lorraine Bennery / White-fronted brown lemur female (Eulemur albifrons), sitting in tree, Rainforests of Atsinanana, Marojejy National Park. Madagascar, Endangered, endemic.

Steve Gettle / Atreus Owl (Caligo atreus) butterfly wing with false eyespot, Ecuador

Silvia Reiche / Peacock Butterfly (Inachis io) on flower, Hoogeloon, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands

Silvia Reiche / Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta), Hoogeloon, Netherlands. Sequence 13 of 14

Thomas Marent / Crimson-patched Longwing (Heliconius erato) butterfly, Colombia

Ingo Arndt / Monarch (Danaus plexippus) butterfly feeding on nectar of Goldenrod during migration, East Coast, USA

Ingo Arndt / Monarch (Danaus plexippus) butterflies gathering to drink water and take up minerals, Michoacan, Mexico

Ingo Arndt / Blue Morpho (Morpho peleides) butterfly wing with false eyespots, Costa Rica

Ingo Arndt / Blue Morpho (Morpho peleides) caterpillar hatching out of egg, Costa Rica

Ingo Arndt / Blue Morpho (Morpho peleides) caterpillar hatching out of egg, Costa Rica

Ingo Arndt / Blue Morpho (Morpho peleides) butterfly egg, Costa Rica

Thomas Marent / Peacock Butterfly (Inachis io) on flowers, Switzerland

Thomas Marent / Silver-washed Fritillary (Argynnis paphia) butterfly, Switzerland

Thomas Marent / Glasswing Butterfly (Ithomania sp) pair, Tingomaria, Peru

Thomas Marent / Glasswing Butterfly (Ithomania sp), Tingomaria, Peru

Patricio Robles Gil / Monarch (Danaus plexippus) butterfly, mass flying in wintering grounds, Monarch butterfly Biosphere Reserve, Michoacan, Mexico

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Blue Morpho (Morpho peleides) butterfly flying in cloud forest, Costa Rica

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Nymphalid Butterfly (Pteronymia sp) of the family Ithomiinae, at flowers of Asteraceae, cloud forest, Costa Rica

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Monarch (Danaus plexippus) butterfly, feeding on Scarlet Milkweed (Asclepias curassavica) in the cloud forest, Costa Rica

Thomas Mangelsen / Monarch (Danaus plexippus) butterfly group perching on a female tourist, El Rosario Monarch Butterfly Sanctuary, Mexico

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Passionvine Butterfly (Heliconius clysonimus) attempting to feed at Crucifix Orchid (Epidendrum radicans) the original mimics Lantana sp and Asclepias curassavica but provides no nectar

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Blue Morpho (Morpho peleides) butterfly in cloud forest, Costa Rica

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Nymphalid Butterfly (Cithaerias sp) on leaf, Amazon rainforest, Peru

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Tiger Longwing (Heliconius hecale) butterfly at Lantana flowers, Costa Rica

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Nymphalid Butterfly (Pteronymia sp) at Coral Tree (Erythrina sp) flowers, cloud forest, Costa Rica

Ingo Arndt / Blue Morpho (Morpho peleides) butterfly, caterpillar on twig

Pete Oxford / Morpho Butterfly (Morpho achilles) butterfly, on a leaf in the rainforest, Ecuador

Tim Fitzharris / American Painted Lady (Cynthia virginiensis) butterfly on Coneflower (Echinacea sp), New Mexico

Jim Brandenburg / Monarch (Danaus plexippus) butterfly group resting on Giant Sunflower (Helianthus giganteus) during migration, Iowa

Jim Brandenburg / Monarch (Danaus plexippus) butterfly newly emerged from chrysalis, California

Jim Brandenburg / Monarch (Danaus plexippus) butterfly group resting on Thickspike Gayfeather (Liatris pycnostachya) flowers, North America

Tim Fitzharris / American Painted Lady (Cynthia virginiensis) butterfly on sunflower, New Mexico

Jim Brandenburg / Monarch (Danaus plexippus) butterfly emerging from cocoon, Minnesota

Jim Brandenburg / Monarch (Danaus plexippus) butterfly, Minnesota

Tim Fitzharris / Monarch (Danaus plexippus) butterflies on lupine, Michoacan, Mexico

Piotr Naskrecki / Nymphalid Butterfly (Catoblepia xanthus), Suriname

Piotr Naskrecki / Nymphalid Butterfly (Nymphalidae) chrysalis, Suriname

Ingo Arndt / Glasswing (Greta oto) butterfly, native to South and Central America

ZSSD / Nymphalid Butterfly (Nymphalidae) pair, San Diego Zoo, California

Scott Leslie / Monarch (Danaus plexippus) butterfly, Canada

Tom Vezo / Grey Pansy (Junonia atlites) butterfly, Tucson Botanical Gardens, Tucson, Arizona

Tom Vezo / Dark Blue Tiger (Tirumala septentrionis) butterfly, Tucson Botanical Gardens, Tucson, Arizona

Tom Vezo / Angled Leafwing (Anaea glycerium) butterfly mimics dead leaf, Tucson Botanical Gardens, Tucson, Arizona

Tom Vezo / Morpho Butterfly (Morpho achilles), Tucson Botanical Gardens, Tucson, Arizona

Pete Oxford / Painted Beauty (Batesia hypochlora) butterfly wings and body, Yasuni National Park, Amazon, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Painted Beauty (Batesia hypochlora) butterfly, Yasuni National Park, Amazon, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Darius Butterfly (Dynastor darius) and empty chrysalis, Tiputini Biodiversity Station, adjacent to Yasuni National Park, Amazon, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Darius Butterfly (Dynastor darius), Tiputini Biodiversity Station, Adjacent to Yasuni National Park, Amazon, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Darius Butterfly (Dynastor darius) chrysalis mimics snake head, Tiputini Biodiversity Station, adjacent to Yasuni National Park, Amazon, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Darius Butterfly (Dynastor darius) chrysalis mimics snake head, Tiputini Biodiversity Station, adjacent to Yasuni National Park, Amazon, Ecuador

Konrad Wothe / Small Striped Swordtail (Graphium policenes) and Nymphalid Butterfly (Nymphalidae) feeding on flower nectar, Mahale Mountains National Park, Tanzania

Konrad Wothe / Butterfly (Danaus sp) feeding on flower nectar, Mahale Mountains National Park, Tanzania

ZSSD / Shining Blue Nymph (Cynandra opis) butterfly, native to Africa

Hiroya Minakuchi / Paper Kite (Idea leuconoe) butterfly, Okinawa, Japan

Steve Gettle / Eighty-nine (Diaethria marchalii) butterfly, Ecuador

Steve Gettle / Blue Morpho (Morpho peleides) butterfly, Ecuador

Steve Gettle / Blue Morpho (Morpho peleides) butterfly wing with false eyespots, Ecuador

Steve Gettle / Blue Morpho (Morpho peleides) butterfly wing with false eyespots, Ecuador

Steve Gettle / Rusty-tipped Page (Siproeta epaphus) butterfly, Ecuador

Steve Gettle / Crimson-patched Longwing (Heliconius erato) butterfly pair, Ecuador

Steve Gettle / Atreus Owl (Caligo atreus) butterfly wing with false eyespot, Ecuador

MYN / Paul Harcourt Davies / Two-tailed pasha butterfly (Charaxes jasius) butterfly ready to emerge from chrysalis, emergence sequence 1/15, Umbria, Italy, August . meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Paul Harcourt Davies / Two-tailed pasha butterfly (Charaxes jasius) butterfly emerging from chrysalis, emergence sequence 4/15, Umbria, Italy, August . meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Paul Harcourt Davies / Two-tailed pasha butterfly (Charaxes jasius)butterfly just emerged from pupal case, emergence sequence 11/24, Italy, August. meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Paul Harcourt Davies / Two-tailed pasha butterfly (Charaxes jasius)butterfly just emerged from pupal case, emergence sequence 9/24, Italy, August. meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Paul Harcourt Davies / Two-tailed pasha butterfly (Charaxes jasius) pupal case cracking, emergence sequence 5/24, Italy, August. meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Paul Harcourt Davies / Two-tailed pasha butterfly (Charaxes jasius)butterfly emerging from pupal case, emergence sequence 8/24, Italy, August. meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Paul Harcourt Davies / Two-tailed pasha butterfly (Charaxes jasius) pupal case cracking, emergence sequence 3/24, Italy, August. meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Paul Harcourt Davies / Two-tailed pasha butterfly (Charaxes jasius) butterfly emerging from chrysalis, emergence sequence 6/15, Umbria, Italy, August . meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Paul Harcourt Davies / Two-tailed pasha butterfly (Charaxes jasius)butterfly emerging from pupal case, emergence sequence 7/24, Italy, August. meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Paul Harcourt Davies / Two-tailed pasha butterfly (Charaxes jasius) pupal case cracking and butterfly emerging, emergence sequence 6/24, Italy, August. meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Paul Harcourt Davies / Two-tailed pasha butterfly (Charaxes jasius) butterfly emerging from chrysalis, emergence sequence 3/15, Umbria, Italy, August . meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Paul Harcourt Davies / Two-tailed pasha butterfly (Charaxes jasius) butterfly emerging from chrysalis, emergence sequence 5/15, Umbria, Italy, August . meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Paul Harcourt Davies / Two-tailed pasha butterfly (Charaxes jasius) pupal case cracking, emergence sequence 4/24, Italy, August. meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Paul Harcourt Davies / Two-tailed pasha butterfly (Charaxes jasius) butterfly emerging from chrysalis, emergence sequence 2/15, Umbria, Italy, August . meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Paul Harcourt Davies / Two-tailed pasha butterfly (Charaxes jasius)butterfly just emerged from pupal case, emergence sequence 10/24, Italy, August. meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Paul Harcourt Davies / Two-tailed pasha butterfly (Charaxes jasius) pupa 24hrs before emergence showing colour, emergence sequence 1/24, Italy, August. meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Paul Harcourt Davies / Two-tailed pasha butterfly (Charaxes jasius) pupa just before emergence with wings clearly visible, emergence sequence 2/24, Italy, August. meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Paul Harcourt Davies / Two-tailed pasha butterfly (Charaxes jasius) butterfly recently emerged from chrysalis, close up of wings inflating, emergence sequence 14/15, Umbria, Italy, August. meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Paul Harcourt Davies / Two-tailed pasha butterfly (Charaxes jasius) butterfly recently emerged from chrysalis, emergence sequence 9/15, Umbria, Italy, August . meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Paul Harcourt Davies / Two-tailed pasha butterfly (Charaxes jasius) close up of wings of butterfly recently emerged from chrysalis, emergence sequence 10/15, Umbria, Italy, August. meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Paul Harcourt Davies / Two-tailed pasha butterfly (Charaxes jasius) butterfly emerging from chrysalis, emergence sequence 15/15, Umbria, Italy, August . meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Paul Harcourt Davies / Two-tailed pasha butterfly (Charaxes jasius) close up of wings butterfly recently emerged from chrysalis, wings inflating, emergence sequence 11/15, Umbria, Italy, August. meetyourneighbours.net proj...

MYN / Paul Harcourt Davies / Two-tailed pasha butterfly (Charaxes jasius)butterfly recently emerged from pupal case, close up of head, emergence sequence 24/24, Italy, August. meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Paul Harcourt Davies / Two-tailed pasha butterfly (Charaxes jasius)butterfly recently emerged from pupal case, emergence sequence 22/24, Italy, August. meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Paul Harcourt Davies / Two-tailed pasha butterfly (Charaxes jasius)butterfly recently emerged from pupal case, close up of wings inflating, emergence sequence 21/24, Italy, August. meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Paul Harcourt Davies / Two-tailed pasha butterfly (Charaxes jasius)butterfly recently emerged from pupal case, close up of wings inflating, emergence sequence 20/24, Italy, August. meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Paul Harcourt Davies / Two-tailed pasha butterfly (Charaxes jasius)butterfly recently emerged from pupal case, close up of wings inflating, emergence sequence 19/24, Italy, August. meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Paul Harcourt Davies / Two-tailed pasha butterfly (Charaxes jasius) butterfly recently emerged from chrysalis, close up of head and proboscis, emergence sequence 12/15, Umbria, Italy, August. meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Paul Harcourt Davies / Two-tailed pasha butterfly (Charaxes jasius)butterfly recently emerged from pupal case, wings inflating, emergence sequence 12/24, Italy, August. meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Paul Harcourt Davies / Two-tailed pasha butterfly (Charaxes jasius)butterfly recently emerged from pupal case, emergence sequence 23/24, Italy, August. meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Paul Harcourt Davies / Two-tailed pasha butterfly (Charaxes jasius)butterfly recently emerged from pupal case, wings inflating, emergence sequence 13/24, Italy, August. meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Paul Harcourt Davies / Two-tailed pasha butterfly (Charaxes jasius)butterfly recently emerged from pupal case, wings inflating, emergence sequence 15/24, Italy, August. meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Paul Harcourt Davies / Two-tailed pasha butterfly (Charaxes jasius)butterfly recently emerged from pupal case, wings inflating, emergence sequence 14/24, Italy, August. meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Paul Harcourt Davies / Two-tailed pasha butterfly (Charaxes jasius) butterfly recently emerged from chrysalis, inflating wings, emergence sequence 13/15, Umbria, Italy, August. meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Paul Harcourt Davies / Two-tailed pasha butterfly (Charaxes jasius) butterfly recently emerged from chrysalis, emergence sequence 8/15, Umbria, Italy, August . meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Paul Harcourt Davies / Two-tailed pasha butterfly (Charaxes jasius)butterfly recently emerged from pupal case, wings inflating, emergence sequence 18/24, Italy, August. meetyourneighbours.net project