- Butterflies are insects with large, usually colourful wings.
- Wings fold together pointing straight up.
- Undergoes metamorphosis from an egg to a larva (Caterpillar) and then enters a pupa stage before emerging as a butterfly.
= Wild (15) 
= Zoo (20) |
Asian Swallowtail Butterfly
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Banded Peacock Butterfly
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Blue Cracker Butterfly
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Blue Morpho (Common Morpho) [Dorsal]
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Blue Morpho (Common Morpho) [Ventral]
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Brown Clipper Butterfly
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Cabbage White Butterfly
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Cattleheart Butterfly
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Common Buckeye Butterfly 4 to 7 cm wingspan New York  Jamaica Bay |
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Common Mormon Butterfly
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Compton Tortoiseshell Butterfly
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Eastern Black Swallowtail
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Eastern Comma Butterfly
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Eastern Tailed Blue Butterfly
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Giant Swallowtail
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Isabella's Longwing Butterfly
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Leopard Lacewing Butterfly
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Malachite Butterfly
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Malachite Butterfly [Caterpillar]
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Monarch Butterfly
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Monarch Butterfly [Caterpillar]
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Mourning Cloak Butterfly
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Mourning Cloak Butterfly [Caterpillar]
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Orange Sulphur Butterfly
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Owl Butterfly
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Paper Kite Butterfly
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Pink Rose Swallowtail
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Plain Tiger Butterfly
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Red Admiral Butterfly
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Red Lacewing Butterfly
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Red Postman Butterfly
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Ringlet Butterfly
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Scarce Swallowtail Butterfly
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Scarlet Mormon Butterfly
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Shoemaker Butterfly [Caterpillar]
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Silver Spotted Skipper
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Spring Azure Butterfly
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Viceroy Butterfly
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White Admiral Butterfly
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Zebra Longwing Butterfly
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 Fuzzy Caterpillar Where: Uluru, Australia When: May 2012 Please post in the comments if you can help identify this animal. |
Animal Encounters -- Insects -- Butterflies & Caterpillars
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