1. The Glasswinged butterfly
Scientific name: Greta Oto
Family: Nymphalidae
Subkingdom: Danainae
The glass winged butterfly can be found in Central America and South America and even Mexico, where they are known as 'espejitos'.
Their wings can grow up to 6.1 cm.
The Glasswinged butterfly wings have the same shape as the ones of other butterflies but they lack scales that are important to create the colour. The only amount of scales that can be found in the glasswingged butterfly are concentrated around the outer edges and are often in brown and orange.
Veins look like they create a web are concentrated throughout the wings but they don't give them much colour and their typical colour is brown.
When it comes to food these butterflies prefer the nectar of the flowers that are found in the family Asteraceae and Boraginaceae, these flowers help them produce alkaloids that make them taste bad creating this way the perfect defense against predators and also help them to create sex pheromones during the mating season.
Apart from the nectar they also eat birds dropping, which are a great source of amino acids.
and bird droppings, which are a great source to get all the essential amino-acids
Males release pheromones and wait for females to follow the scent and fly towards it to find a mate, also clear winged butterflies congregate in large groups.
(Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greta_oto, http://animals.mom.me/clearwinged-butterfly-7016.html )
2. Queen Alexandra's birdwing
Scientific name: Ornithoptera alexandrae
Family: Papilonidae
Subkingdom:
Named in honor of Alexandra of Denmark in 1907 by Alfred S.Meek, this butterfly is the largest butterfly in the world, whose female wings can grow up to 30cm wide. The Queen Alexandra's bird-wing is classified as an endangered species and it can be found only in Papua New Guinea and they usually live on lowland tropical forests.
They eat pipevine plant or also known as Aristolochia schlecteri and use their poison to become distasteful to their predators.
Scientific name: Pachliopta jophon
Family: Paplionidae
Subkigdom:
Pachliopta jophon is an endemic butterfly of Sri Lanka and it's an extremely endangered butterfly due to the lost of its habitat.
The Ceylon Rose is limited only in lowland rain forests but they usually visit nectar flowers located in forest edges. They go out in search for nectar early morning and late afternoon.
Compared to other Pachliopta species the Ceylon Rose has a slow wing beat and a slow flight.
Scientific name: Euchloe ausonides insulana
Family: Pieridae
Subkingdom:
Euchloe ausonides insulana is an extremely endangered species found in San Juan and Lopez Islands and Washington State.
It was listed as an extirpated species in Canada in May 2000 and again in April 2010.
Washtingon State also places the Island Marble in the Concern List.
(Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euchloe_ausonides_insulana
5. Bhutan Glory
Scientific name: Bhutanitis lidderdalii
Family: Papillionidae
Subkingdom:
As the name itself indicates it this butterfly is found in Bhutan, parts of northeastern India and of Southeast Asia.
Bhutan glory is a variety of the Snowfall butterfly that comes from the family of papilionidae.
They feed on the nectar of different food plant flowers and the caterpillars feed on the leaves of these plant flowers.
This butterfly can see yellow, green and red and the adult Bhutan glory butterfly has an average life span from a week to a year.
Their top speed can reach 19 km/ph but some moths can fly up to 40km/ph.
Bhutan Glory Butterfly can see yellow, green, and red. An adult Bhutan Glory Butterfly average life span is from a week to a year.
They have bright colours that are also used as camouflage to hide them or to scare the predators.
The bright patterns scales sometimes have hidden ultraviolet patterns for attracting mates. The bright colors are also used as camouflage to hide them or scare off predictors.
The Bhutan Glory butterfly has four bright wings with distinctive patterns made up by tiny scales, and also the wings are covered with dust.
The Ceylon Rose is limited only in lowland rain forests but they usually visit nectar flowers located in forest edges. They go out in search for nectar early morning and late afternoon.
Compared to other Pachliopta species the Ceylon Rose has a slow wing beat and a slow flight.
Scientific name: Euchloe ausonides insulana
Family: Pieridae
Subkingdom:
Euchloe ausonides insulana is an extremely endangered species found in San Juan and Lopez Islands and Washington State.
It was listed as an extirpated species in Canada in May 2000 and again in April 2010.
Washtingon State also places the Island Marble in the Concern List.
5. Bhutan Glory
Scientific name: Bhutanitis lidderdalii
Family: Papillionidae
Subkingdom:
As the name itself indicates it this butterfly is found in Bhutan, parts of northeastern India and of Southeast Asia.
Bhutan glory is a variety of the Snowfall butterfly that comes from the family of papilionidae.
They feed on the nectar of different food plant flowers and the caterpillars feed on the leaves of these plant flowers.
This butterfly can see yellow, green and red and the adult Bhutan glory butterfly has an average life span from a week to a year.
Their top speed can reach 19 km/ph but some moths can fly up to 40km/ph.
Bhutan Glory Butterfly can see yellow, green, and red. An adult Bhutan Glory Butterfly average life span is from a week to a year.
They have bright colours that are also used as camouflage to hide them or to scare the predators.
The bright patterns scales sometimes have hidden ultraviolet patterns for attracting mates. The bright colors are also used as camouflage to hide them or scare off predictors.
The Bhutan Glory butterfly has four bright wings with distinctive patterns made up by tiny scales, and also the wings are covered with dust.
Interesting. I never knew there were so many endangered butterflies out there.
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