24 Sep 2009 --- Male adult Blue Morpho Butterfly (Morpho amathonte). The male is almost solid blue on the upper surface of the wings with dark tones on the under surface. In flight as males patrol creek beds and open pathways this butterfly flickers between bright blue f --- Image by © Jeffrey Miller/Visuals Unlimited/Corbis
10 Jul 2007, Barro Colorado Island, Panama --- Left to right, from top: Nymphalid Butterfly (Mechanitis sp), Orange-spotted Tiger Clearwing (Mechanitis polymnia), Nymphalid Butterfly (Hyposcada sp), Tiger Heliconian (Heliconius ismenius), Nymphalid Butterfly (Mechanitis sp), Tiger Longwing --- Image by © Christian Ziegler/Minden Pictures/Corbis
30 May 2012 --- Dr. Art Shapiro has created one of the largest butterfly databases from 41 years of research in Northern California. From this extensive collection of data, he has seen some butterflies become locally extinct as a result of climate change. --- Image by © Rebecca Hale/National Geographic Creative/Corbis
24 Sep 2009 --- Adult female Blue Morpho Butterfly (Morpho amathonte). The female is partially blue with dark margins on the upper surface of the wings and dark tones on the under surface. Females are not seen in flight as often as males but do exhibit a similar vision t --- Image by © Jeffrey Miller/Visuals Unlimited/Corbis