Explore insects and other arthropods, including identification, behavior, anatomy and common misconceptions.
These two pictures are Parkson's advertisements in the Beijing Evening News, which illustrate that butterflies have penetrated into all aspects of people's daily lives. Did you know that the butterfly in the picture is? ···
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Alias of swallowtail butterfly: swallowtail swallowtail butterfly, pink and white swallowtail butterfly, rare butterfly, dragonfly butterfly, white-banded swallowtail butterfly, white-banded swallowtail butterfly. Adult:···
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This species has different types in southern China: the basic type Chilasa clytia f.clytia (Linnaeus) (no yellow and white stripes on each wing cell on the wing surface); the abnormal type Chilasa clytia f.disimilis (Lin···
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The white spots on the hind wings of the red butterfly have various types such as small spots, multiple spots, large spots, and U-shaped spots. Alias: red-bellied swallowtail butterfly, seven-star swallowtail butterfly, ···
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Some individual butterflies will have deformities, which is inevitable. We humans are also prone to deformities, as the saying goes. This picture is a comparison between the deformity of Fei butterfly and the normal indi···
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The main characteristics of Lepidoptera that can be recognized at a glance are the patterns and colors on their wings. Lepidoptera have many of the most beautiful colors found in the living world on their wings. The brig···
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Generally, male butterflies of butterfly species emerge earlier than female butterflies. After that, the male butterfly flies around, looking for the newly fledged female butterfly based on the sex pheromones emitted by ···
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The smallest butterfly in the world is the little blue-grey butterfly, with a wingspan of only 7 mm. It is native to Afghanistan. The smallest known gray butterfly in my country has a wingspan of 13 mm and was collected ···
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The Papilion butterfly has a large body, with a wingspan of 170mm. The female butterfly is dark in color with a black velvet luster, making it look solemn, steady and noble. The hind wings of both male and female butterf···
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Butterflies are dioecious insects, and male and female butterflies have their own secondary characteristics. However, in nature, there are also individual butterfly individuals that possess both male and female sexual ch···
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Large species. The forewings are 50 mm long; orange-yellow, with dark brown top corners. There are faintly visible dark brown wavy lines on the inner and middle lines. The outer lines are composed of 5 inconspicuous e···
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The wings are brown on the front, with 7-8 translucent white spots on the forewings, arranged in a semi-ring shape; there are 4 white transparent spots on the center of the hind wings, arranged in a straight line. The ba···
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The lower lip must be very long and protrude in front of the head like a beak. The top corners of the forewings protrude into the shape of a sickle, and the outer edges of the hind wings are serrated. The wings are dark ···
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Alias of the blue-banded swallowtail butterfly: the blue-banded swallowtail butterfly, the blue-banded swallowtail butterfly, the blue-banded swallowtail butterfly, and the green-banded swallowtail butterfly. The adult w···
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Alias of citrus swallowtail butterfly: orange swallowtail butterfly, swallowtail butterfly, pepper swallowtail butterfly, swallow swallowtail butterfly, swallowtail butterfly, orange swallowtail butterfly. Adult: wingspa···
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Parisian Papilion butterfly adult: wingspan 95-125 mm. The body and wings are black or dark brown, scattered with green scales. There is a yellow-green or emerald green horizontal band in the sub-external area of the for···
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Butterflies give people a sense of beauty with their gorgeous patterns, colorful colors and moving dancing postures. In addition to appearing in artistic works such as oil paintings, coins, stamps, photography, textiles,···
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The front of the forewings is black, and the wing chambers have white long oval spots with blurred boundaries. The front of the hind wings is red at the base, and the middle area is white, separated by black wing veins; ···
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Taraka hamada Druce Also known as the chess lime butterfly. The body is small and the wingspan is 22-26mm. The wings are dark brown, without markings, and the fringes are black and white. The reverse side is white, with ···
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The larvae of the Papilio machaon feed on fennel, carrots, etc., so it is also known as the fennel swallowtail butterfly or the carrot swallowtail butterfly. Its larvae are called "fennel worms" in the Tibetan Medicine C···
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Humans have been praising butterflies since ancient times, and they seem to be consistent at home and abroad; poets and poets have written countless popular poems about them; painters often incorporate them into evocativ···
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When the male purple-spotted butterfly is caught, it can turn out a pair of expulsion glands at the end of its abdomen and immediately emit a foul odor, forcing natural enemies such as insectivorous birds to abandon it a···
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Butterflies that are poisonous or difficult to swallow often have eye-catching color spots to indicate their presence and make them easier for predators to identify. It is highly advantageous for these butterflies to be ···
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Butterflies with eye spots or other eye-catching colors may also gain protection by frightening natural predators by suddenly exposing these markings. This is similar to the shimmering color of some moth species. This ty···
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