Chris Mattison / Banded orange heliconian (Dryadula phaetusa) butterfly, wings closed. Native to Tropical America, including Florida. Captive.
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Chris Mattison / Banded orange heliconian (Dryadula phaetusa) butterfly, wings open, on white background. Native to Tropical America, including Florida. Captive.
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MYN / Lily Kumpe / Lesser wanderer butterfly (Danaus petilia) William Bay National Park, Western Australia. Meetyourneighbours.net project.
Nick Hawkins / Tiger longwing butterfly (Heliconius hecale) photographed on white background, Costa Rica.
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Nick Hawkins / Monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) emerging from chrysalis, photographed on white. New Brunswick, Canada, September. Sequence 8 of 8
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Nick Hawkins / Monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) emerging from chrysalis, photographed on white. New Brunswick, Canada, September. Sequence 7 of 8
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Nick Hawkins / Monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) emerging from chrysalis, photographed on white. New Brunswick, Canada, September. Sequence 6 of 8
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Nick Hawkins / Monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) emerging from chrysalis, photographed on white. New Brunswick, Canada, September. Sequence 5 of 8
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Nick Hawkins / Monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) emerging from chrysalis, photographed on white. New Brunswick, Canada, September. Sequence 4 of 8
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Nick Hawkins / Monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) emerging from chrysalis, photographed on white. New Brunswick, Canada, September. Sequence 3 of 8
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Nick Hawkins / Monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) emerging from chrysalis, photographed on white. New Brunswick, Canada, September. Sequence 2 of 8
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Nick Hawkins / Monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) emerging from chrysalis, photographed on white. New Brunswick, Canada, September. Sequence 1 of 8
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Jen Guyton / African monarch butterfly (Danaus chrysippus) sipping nectar from a Devil's thorn flower (Tribulus zeyheri) in the Kalahari Desert, South Africa.
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Thomas Marent / Plain Tiger (Danaus chrysippus) butterfly, Jozani National Park, Zanzibar, Tanzania
John Abbott / Wasp (Pteromalus puparum), parasitoid wasp of butterfly pupae including Monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus) Brackenridge Field Laboratory, Austin, Travis Co, Texas, USA, December.
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John Abbott / Queen Butterfly (Danaus gilippus) female, Brackenridge Field Laboratory, Travis County, Texas, USA.
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John Abbott / Queen Butterfly (Danaus gilippus) female, Brackenridge Field Laboratory, Travis County, Texas, USA.
Vivek Menon / Plain tiger butterfly (Danaus chrysippus) mating pair, New Delhi, India
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Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Plain tiger {Danaus chrysippus} butterfly on Sodom's Apple blossom {Calotropis procera}, Dhofar, Oman
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Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Two Plain tiger butterflies {Danaus chrysippus} on {Phagnalon viridifolium} flowers, Musandam, Oman
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Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Plain tiger {Danaus chrysippus} butterfly on Sodom's Apple blossom {Calotropis procera}, Dhofar, Oman
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Vincent Grafhorst / Plain Tiger (Danaus chrysippus) butterfly, Bekopaka, western Madagascar
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John Waters / African Monarch / Plain tiger butterfly {Danaus chrysippus} two adults resting on grass stem at sunrise, waiting for sun's warmth to provide warmth for flight, edge of Kalahari Desert, Northern Cape,...
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Richard Du Toit / Plain tiger butterfly / African monarch {Danaus chrysippus} on milkweed flowers, Phinda RR, S Africa
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Etienne Littlefair / Lesser wanderer butterfly (Danaus petilia) portrait, Adelaide River Hills, Northern Territory, Australia.
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Etienne Littlefair / Lesser wanderer butterfly (Danaus petilia) portrait, Adelaide River Hills, Northern Territory, Australia.
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Paul Harcourt Davies / Plain tiger butterfly (Danaus chrysippus) resting on grass stem at dawn, near Lago di Lesina, Gargano, Puglia, Italy. September.
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Paul Harcourt Davies / Plain tiger butterfly (Danaus chrysippus) resting on seedhead at dusk, Lago di Lesina, Gargano, Puglia, Italy. September.
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Joel Sartore / Photo Ark / Isabella's longwing (Eueides isabella eva) resting, portrait, Selvatura Park, Costa Rica. Captive.
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Joel Sartore / Photo Ark / Isabella's longwing (Eueides isabella eva) portrait, Selvatura Park, Costa Rica. Captive.
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Joel Sartore / Photo Ark / Isabella's longwing butterfly (Eueides isabella) portrait, Urku Center, Peru. Captive.
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Joel Sartore / Photo Ark / Monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) female profile, opening and closing its wings, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA. Controlled conditions.
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Joel Sartore / Photo Ark / Monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) female close up, moving proboscis, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA. Controlled conditions.
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Joel Sartore / Photo Ark / Monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) female profile, opening and closing its wings, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA. Controlled conditions.
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Joel Sartore / Photo Ark / Monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) female opening and closing its wings, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA. Controlled conditions.
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Joel Sartore / Photo Ark / Three-tailed tiger swallowtail butterfly (Papilio pilumnus) perched with wings open, close up, Butterfly Pavilion, Colorado. Captive.
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Joel Sartore / Photo Ark / Three-tailed tiger swallowtail butterfly (Papilio pilumnus) perched with wings open, Butterfly Pavilion, Colorado. Captive.
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Edwin Giesbers / Digital composite of Tiger longwing butterfly (Heliconius hecale), Red postman butterfly (Heliconius erato) and Banded Orange Heliconian butterfly (Dryadula phaetusa) on flower. Captive.