Male butterflies have blue bodies and gray-blue wings with white trim around the edges, and females are dustier-colored. The ...

This swallowtail butterfly is found in much of the U.S. with the exception of the northwest. Females have a band of iridescent blue on their hindwings, while males have a band of yellow instead. 3.

Did you know that South Carolina has its very own state butterfly? The Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio glaucus) was designated as the official butterfly of the Palmetto State by Act Number 319 ...

Rare butterfly makes stunning comeback 02:03. SAN FRANCISCO — This spring, the dramatic return of a rare, blue iridescent butterfly dazzled onlookers at the San Francisco Botanical Garden in ...

Miss Molly butterfly bush is non-invasive and is a favorite of the Eastern Tiger swallowtail butterflies. Norman Winter Special to the Ledger-Enquirer Did you know that South Carolina has its very ...

These butterflies choose to make their habitats in deciduous broadleaf woods, forest edges, river valleys, parks, and suburbs. As for reproduction, a female tiger swallowtail lays up to 250 eggs ...

These butterflies choose to make their habitats in deciduous broadleaf woods, forest edges, river valleys, parks, and suburbs. As for reproduction, a female tiger swallowtail lays up to 250 eggs ...

And though black swallowtail butterflies definitely lay eggs on the fennel in my garden, ... While a black swallowtail is also beautiful, it has bright blue spots along with the white on its wings.

A close-up of the scales on a modern blue swallowtail butterfly. Johan J.Ingles-Le Nobel on Flickr. What they found surprised them. They looked most like the wing scales of moths in the suborder ...

In 2012, there were only about four Schaus swallowtail butterflies left in their natural habitat of Southeast Florida and the Florida Keys. Through conservation efforts, captive breeding and ...

The black swallowtail deserves to be chosen as state butterfly because it is “a full-time Michigan resident,” Meyer said— it’s the only species that can be found year-round and throughout ...

How did this large black butterfly with distinctive yellow and blue markings flutter to the top of the butterfly heap, surpassing others like the monarch, tiger swallowtail and spangled fritillary?