MEET THE BUTTERFLIES Identify the butteries you’ve seen at Butteries LIVE! Learn the scientic, common name and country of origin. Experience the wonderful world of butteries with the help of Butteries LIVE! COMMON MORPHO Morpho peleides Family: Nymphalidae Range: Mexico to Colombia Wingspan: 5-8 in. (12.7 – 20.3 cm.) Fast Fact: Common morphos are attracted to fermenting fruits. WHITE MORPHO Morpho polyphemus Family: Nymphalidae Range: Mexico to Central America Wingspan: 4-4.75 in. (10-12 cm.) Fast Fact: Adult white morphos prefer to feed on rotting fruits or sap from trees. WHITENED BLUEWING Myscelia cyaniris Family: Nymphalidae Range: Mexico, parts of Central and South America Wingspan: 1.3-1.4 in. (3.3-3.6 cm.) Fast Fact: The underside of the whitened bluewing is silvery- gray, allowing it to blend in on bark and branches. MEXICAN BLUEWING Myscelia ethusa Family: Nymphalidae Range: Mexico, Central America, Colombia Wingspan: 2.5-3.0 in. (6.4-7.6 cm.) Fast Fact: Young caterpillars attach dung pellets and silk to a leaf vein to create a resting perch. NEW GUINEA BIRDWING Ornithoptera priamus Family: Papilionidae Range: Australia Wingspan: 5 in. (12.7 cm.) Fast Fact: New Guinea birdwings are sexually dimorphic. Females are much larger than the males, and their wings are black with white markings. MOCKER SWALLOWTAIL Papilio dardanus Family: Papilionidae Range: Africa Wingspan: 3.9-4.7 in. (10-12 cm.) Fast Fact: The male mocker swallowtail has a tail, while the female is tailless. ORCHARD SWALLOWTAIL Papilio demodocus Family: Papilionidae Range: Africa and Arabia Wingspan: 4.5 in. (11.4 cm.) Fast Fact: The orchard swallowtail is sometimes called the citrus swallowtail because the female often lays her eggs on citrus tree leaves. GREAT MORMON Papilio memnon Family: Papilionidae Range: Southeast Asia Wingspan: 4.6-6.0 in. (11.7-15 cm.) Fast Fact: Male great Mormons never have tails, while females may or may not have tails. BANDED PEACOCK Papilio palinurus Family: Papilionidae Range: Southeast Asia Wingspan: 3-4 in. (8-10 cm.) Fast Fact: Several Asian butteries are green. The banded peacock can be recognized by its ner shape and curves of the wings. SCARLET MORMON Papilio rumanzovia Family: Papilionidae Range: Indonesia, The Philippines Wingspan: 5.5 in. (14 cm.) Fast Fact: Females are polymorphic, meaning there is variation in the way they look. PINK CATTLE HEART Parides iphidamas Family: Papilionidae Range: Southeastern Mexico, Costa Rica, Panama, Peru Wingspan: 3.9 in. (10 cm.) Fast Fact: The pink cattle heart butteries have wings dominated with red and yellow-green areas. CLOUDED MOTHER OF PEARL Salamis anacardii Family: Nymphalidae Range: Tropical Africa Wingspan: 2.2-2.7 in. (5.5-6.8 cm.) Fast Fact: Both male and female clouded mother of pearl butteries are aggressive iers. FOREST BLUE MORPH Caligo eurilochus Family: Nymphalidae Range: Mexico, Central and South America Wingspan: 4-5 in. (10-13.5 cm.) Fast Fact: Because of their large size and their tendency to y at night, these butteries are often mistaken for bats. GIANT OWL Caligo memnon Family: Nymphalidae Range: Mexico to Amazon Rainforest Wingspan: 4.5-5 in. (11.4-13 cm.) Fast Fact: The giant owl can be recognized by the large patch of pale orange-yellow covering most of its forewings. BROWN OWL Caligo oileus Family: Nymphalidae Range: Mexico to Northern South America Wingspan: 4.5-5.1 in. (11.4-13 cm.) Fast Fact: The brown owl inhabits cloud forest habitats at altitudes between 600 and 1,600 meters. LEOPARD LACEWING Cethosia cyane Family: Nymphalidae Range: India to southern China and Indochina Wingspan: 4 in. (10 cm.) Fast Fact: The leopard lacewing can be found in lowland and upland rainforest habitats. JULIA Dryas iulia Family: Nymphalidae Range: South and Central America Wingspan: 3-3.25 in. (7.5-9.5 cm.) Fast Fact: This species exhibits sexual dimorphism, which is the term for males and females having dierent patterns or sizes. TAILED JAY Graphium agamemnon Family: Papilionidae Range: India, Sri Lanka through Southeast Asia, and Australia Wingspan: 3.2-3.9 in. (8-10 cm.) Fast Fact: The green spots on the wings of the tailed jay make it dicult to locate in the dappled sunlight of the rainforest. COSTA RICA CLEARWING Greta oto Family: Nymphalidae Range: Mexico through Panama Wingspan: 2.2-2.4 in. (5.6-6.1 cm.) Fast Fact: The Costa Rica clearwing can blend into any environment, due to its transparent wings. GRAY CRACKER Hamadryas feronia Family: Nymphalidae Range: Texas to Argentina, southern Brazil, Paraguay Wingspan: 2.9-3.3 in. (7.3-8.3 cm.) Fast Fact: Gray crackers blend into their surroundings in the tropical dry forest, where bark is often silvery-grey or brown. BLUE AND WHITE LONGWING Heliconius cydno Family: Nymphalidae Range: Southern Mexico to western Ecuador Wingspan: 2.9-3.3 in. (7.3-8.3 cm.) Fast Fact: Blue and white longwings are fast iers. TIGER LONGWING Heliconius hecale Family: Nymphalidae Range: Central America to Amazon Wingspan: 2.8-3.5 in. (7-9 cm.) Fast Fact: The larvae of the longwings, also known as the heliconids, feed on members of the passion ower family. POSTMAN Heliconius melpomene Family: Nymphalidae Range: Central and South America Wingspan: 1.4-1.5 in. (3.6-3.8 cm.) Fast Fact: The postman tends to avoid direct sunlight. There are many morphs. SARA LONGWING Heliconius sara Family: Nymphalidae Range: Central to South America Wingspan: 2.2-2.4 in. (5.5-6 cm.) Fast Fact: Females lay clusters of 10-50 small eggs on new leaves of the host plant. BLACK SWALLOWTAIL Papilio polyxenes Family: Papilionidae Range: Southern Canada, North America, South America Wingspan: 3.5-4.5 in. (9-11.5 cm.) Fast Fact: The black swallowtail is also called the anise swallowtail, since its larval hosts include umbellifers like parsley, anise, and dill. BLACK AND TAN PAGE Siproeta epaphus Family: Nymphalidae Range: Tropical rainforests in Central and South America Wingspan: 2.3-3 in. (7-7.5 cm.) Fast Fact: Females are similar to males, but larger. COMMON LACEWING
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MEET THE BUTTERFLIESIdentify the butter�ies you’ve seen at Butter�ies LIVE! Learnthe scienti�c, common name and country oforigin. Experience the wonderful world of butter�ies with thehelp of Butter�ies LIVE!
COMMON MORPHOMorpho peleides
Family: Nymphalidae
Range: Mexico to Colombia
Wingspan: 5-8 in. (12.7 – 20.3 cm.)
Fast Fact: Common morphos are attracted to fermentingfruits.
WHITE MORPHOMorpho polyphemus
Family: Nymphalidae
Range: Mexico to Central America
Wingspan: 4-4.75 in. (10-12 cm.)
Fast Fact: Adult white morphos prefer to feed on rotting fruitsor sap from trees.
WHITENED BLUEWINGMyscelia cyaniris
Family: Nymphalidae
Range: Mexico, parts of Central and South America
Wingspan: 1.3-1.4 in. (3.3-3.6 cm.)
Fast Fact: The underside of the whitened bluewing is silvery-gray, allowing it to blend in on bark and branches.
MEXICAN BLUEWINGMyscelia ethusa
Family: Nymphalidae
Range: Mexico, Central America, Colombia
Wingspan: 2.5-3.0 in. (6.4-7.6 cm.)
Fast Fact: Young caterpillars attach dung pellets and silk to a leaf vein to create a resting perch.
NEW GUINEA BIRDWINGOrnithoptera priamus
Family: Papilionidae
Range: Australia
Wingspan: 5 in. (12.7 cm.)
Fast Fact: New Guinea birdwings are sexually dimorphic.Females are much larger than the males, and their wings areblack with white markings.
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MOCKER SWALLOWTAILPapilio dardanus
Family: Papilionidae
Range: Africa
Wingspan: 3.9-4.7 in. (10-12 cm.)
Fast Fact: The male mocker swallowtail has a tail, while thefemale is tailless.
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ORCHARD SWALLOWTAILPapilio demodocus
Family: Papilionidae
Range: Africa and Arabia
Wingspan: 4.5 in. (11.4 cm.)
Fast Fact: The orchard swallowtail is sometimes called thecitrus swallowtail because the female often lays her eggs oncitrus tree leaves.
GREAT MORMONPapilio memnon
Family: Papilionidae
Range: Southeast Asia
Wingspan: 4.6-6.0 in. (11.7-15 cm.)
Fast Fact: Male great Mormons never have tails, while femalesmay or may not have tails.
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BANDED PEACOCKPapilio palinurus
Family: Papilionidae
Range: Southeast Asia
Wingspan: 3-4 in. (8-10 cm.)
Fast Fact: Several Asian butter�ies are green. The bandedpeacock can be recognized by its �ner shape and curves of thewings.
SCARLET MORMONPapilio rumanzovia
Family: Papilionidae
Range: Indonesia, The Philippines
Wingspan: 5.5 in. (14 cm.)
Fast Fact: Females are polymorphic, meaning there isvariation in the way they look.
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PINK CATTLE HEARTParides iphidamas
Family: Papilionidae
Range: Southeastern Mexico, Costa Rica, Panama, Peru
Wingspan: 3.9 in. (10 cm.)
Fast Fact: The pink cattle heart butter�ies have wingsdominated with red and yellow-green areas.
CLOUDED MOTHER OF PEARLSalamis anacardii
Family: Nymphalidae
Range: Tropical Africa
Wingspan: 2.2-2.7 in. (5.5-6.8 cm.)
Fast Fact: Both male and female clouded mother of pearlbutter�ies are aggressive �iers.
FOREST BLUE MORPHCaligo eurilochus
Family: Nymphalidae
Range: Mexico, Central and South America
Wingspan: 4-5 in. (10-13.5 cm.)
Fast Fact: Because of their large size and their tendency to �yat night, these butter�ies are often mistaken for bats.
GIANT OWLCaligo memnon
Family: Nymphalidae
Range: Mexico to Amazon Rainforest
Wingspan: 4.5-5 in. (11.4-13 cm.)
Fast Fact: The giant owl can be recognized by the large patchof pale orange-yellow covering most of its forewings.
BROWN OWLCaligo oileus
Family: Nymphalidae
Range: Mexico to Northern South America
Wingspan: 4.5-5.1 in. (11.4-13 cm.)
Fast Fact: The brown owl inhabits cloud forest habitats ataltitudes between 600 and 1,600 meters.
LEOPARD LACEWINGCethosia cyane
Family: Nymphalidae
Range: India to southern China and Indochina
Wingspan: 4 in. (10 cm.)
Fast Fact: The leopard lacewing can be found in lowlandand upland rainforest habitats.
LEARN MORE ABOUT SEXUALLY DIMORPHIC BUTTERFLIES >
JULIADryas iulia
Family: Nymphalidae
Range: South and Central America
Wingspan: 3-3.25 in. (7.5-9.5 cm.)
Fast Fact: This species exhibits sexual dimorphism, which isthe term for males and females having di�erent patternsor sizes.
LEARN MORE ABOUT SEXUALLY DIMORPHIC BUTTERFLIES >
TAILED JAYGraphium agamemnon
Family: Papilionidae
Range: India, Sri Lanka through Southeast Asia, and Australia
Wingspan: 3.2-3.9 in. (8-10 cm.)
Fast Fact: The green spots on the wings of the tailed jay makeit di�cult to locate in the dappled sunlight of the rainforest.
COSTA RICA CLEARWINGGreta oto
Family: Nymphalidae
Range: Mexico through Panama
Wingspan: 2.2-2.4 in. (5.6-6.1 cm.)
Fast Fact: The Costa Rica clearwing can blend into anyenvironment, due to its transparent wings.
GRAY CRACKERHamadryas feronia
Family: Nymphalidae
Range: Texas to Argentina, southern Brazil, Paraguay
Wingspan: 2.9-3.3 in. (7.3-8.3 cm.)
Fast Fact: Gray crackers blend into their surroundings in thetropical dry forest, where bark is often silvery-grey or brown.
BLUE AND WHITE LONGWINGHeliconius cydno
Family: Nymphalidae
Range: Southern Mexico to western Ecuador
Wingspan: 2.9-3.3 in. (7.3-8.3 cm.)
Fast Fact: Blue and white longwings are fast �iers.
TIGER LONGWINGHeliconius hecale
Family: Nymphalidae
Range: Central America to Amazon
Wingspan: 2.8-3.5 in. (7-9 cm.)
Fast Fact: The larvae of the longwings, also known as theheliconids, feed on members of the passion �ower family.
POSTMANHeliconius melpomene
Family: Nymphalidae
Range: Central and South America
Wingspan: 1.4-1.5 in. (3.6-3.8 cm.)
Fast Fact: The postman tends to avoid direct sunlight. Thereare many morphs.
SARA LONGWINGHeliconius sara
Family: Nymphalidae
Range: Central to South America
Wingspan: 2.2-2.4 in. (5.5-6 cm.)
Fast Fact: Females lay clusters of 10-50 small eggs on newleaves of the host plant.
BLACK SWALLOWTAILPapilio polyxenes
Family: Papilionidae
Range: Southern Canada, North America, South America
Wingspan: 3.5-4.5 in. (9-11.5 cm.)
Fast Fact: The black swallowtail is also called the aniseswallowtail, since its larval hosts include umbellifers likeparsley, anise, and dill.
BLACK AND TAN PAGESiproeta epaphus
Family: Nymphalidae
Range: Tropical rainforests in Central and South America
Wingspan: 2.3-3 in. (7-7.5 cm.)
Fast Fact: Females are similar to males, but larger.
COMMON LACEWING
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