Here's everything you need to know about the butterflies' path through Texas. The journey north. Monarch butterfl ...

Identify the silver-spotted skipper butterfly and caterpillar. Plus learn where to find this small pollinator.

“I still remember when I walked into the insectary and I saw B. anynana butterflies emerging from their pupa, and I saw the [pure homozygous mutant] phenotype—the whole light brown butterfly—which was ...

Or the chocolate moth, which is dark brown with light, coloured stripes and a delicate lacy pattern on the edges of its wings. Check out our gallery to see more magical-looking moths! Butterflies ...

The meadow brown butterfly’s Latin name is Maniola or ‘little spirit from hell’. It has been represented as a demon in art. The Greek word psyche means both spirit and butterfly. The Greeks ...

The Puerto Rican harlequin butterfly (Atlantea tulita) is a small, dark-brown butterfly with black and deep-orange markings. The butterfly uses the prickly bush (Oplonia spinosa) as a host plant for ...

A year-round resident of New Mexico's high mountain meadows, the highly imperiled Sacramento Mountains checkerspot butterfly relies wholly on the integrity of its remarkably limited range. This ...

Common Evening Brown: A medium-sized greyish-brown butterfly with large eyespots on its wings to ward off predators. Unlike most butterflies, this one mostly comes out at night.

If you'd like to find out what butterflies you could find in your area have a look at the National Biodiversity Network. A brown and orange butterfly with black eye spots on the forewings.