Butterfly

Posted by David Brady on August 17, 2008 at 7:00 am · Filed under Animalia, Arthropods, Butterflies, Flying, Insects, Picture of the Day, SFA

Butterfly
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You thought we were all done with butterflies, didn’t you? Well, silly you. They’re still out in force and Jesse Moore is still photographing them.

I need to sit down and learn a general guide to butterflies, see what the major groupings are among them. A brief review of bugguide shows that they all belong to Superfamily Papilionoidea. At this point, I don’t even know what papilions are, or what a bad case of papilionoids looks like. More research ahead!

5 Comments »

  1. AJ said,

    August 17, 2008 @ 12:42 pm

    Papilion is French for butterfly. I only know this because of the dog breed Papilion, which is so named for their large, fluttery ears.

    (my head is full of useless trivia!)

  2. JFargo said,

    August 17, 2008 @ 2:04 pm

    Beautiful picture!

  3. Matthew Smith said,

    August 18, 2008 @ 11:09 pm

    I’m happy to see more butterflies. Wonderful colours and patterns.

  4. Peggysue Brady said,

    August 19, 2008 @ 4:24 pm

    Why can’t I get this as a full screen background? I get a tiny picture. Help

  5. David Brady said,

    August 20, 2008 @ 9:33 am

    Peggysue Brady: Click the link for the larger version, then Right-click the image and choose “Set as Desktop Image.”

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