#butterfly'd!

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🌸 The Exploding Clown from the LLTBP tour is an Aldania Mimic!

there is not much info on these butterflies, but here is a small article on them!

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🦋Revenge Frank in blue lighting is a Great Purple Hairstreak (also known as a Great Blue Hairstreak) !

Some facts about these butterflies:

The common names for this butterfly refer to the butterfly's two main colors – dusky purple on the underside, and iridescent blue above. Particularly the males are very colorful in flight – brilliant blue and velvety black, with bright red and golden markings – but when sitting down they show their inconspicuous dusky purple underside. On each hindwing, there are two tails, with one short and one long tail, lending itself to the name "hairstreak" ! (Source)

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🌷Pink lighting Vampire Frank Iero as a Blushing Phantom Butterfly!

Some facts about Blushing Phantom Butterflies:

The Blushing Phantom Butterfly's flight is low over the ground, skulking and phantom-like. The wing beats are deep and slow, but the butterfly is capable of moving rapidly if disturbed. Upon settling it usually turns quickly around, and tilts slightly forward so that the “false eye” on the underside hindwing is raised. This ocellus, together with the bright pink area, and the oval shape of the hindwings, may function to simulate the head of a small snake, deterring any bird, reptile or amphibian that detects where it has settled ! (Source)

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🌹Gerard from the 4k Helena remaster is a Red Admiral

Some facts about these butterflies:

In northern Europe, the Red Admiral is one of the last butterflies to be seen before winter sets in, often feeding on the flowers of ivy on sunny days. The Red Admiral is also known to hibernate, re-emerging individuals showing prominently darker colors than the first brood. The butterfly also flies on sunny winter days, especially in southern Europe ! (Source)

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💜 Purple lighting Mikey is a Blue Moon butterfly (Hypolimnas bolina) !

Some facts about these butterflies:

H. bolina is found in Madagascar in the west, through to South and Southeast Asia, Cambodia, the South Pacific islands (French Polynesia, Tonga, Tuvalu, Samoa, Vanuatu, and Fiji), and occurs in parts of Australia as far south as Victoria during summer and autumn, Japan, Taiwan, and New Zealand. Appearances in New Zealand appear to be linked with favourable winds during April–June migratory periods in Australia, with the butterfly being recorded in 1956, 1971, and 1995 !

To the west the female H. bolina is monomorphic, mimicking species of the oriental and Australasian danaid genus Euploea. Eastwards H. bolina is frequently polymorphic and most forms are then non-mimetic. In areas where it resembles Euploea the butterfly has usually been designated a Batesian mimic ! (Source)

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This giant butterfly I found yesterday?

This butterfly (which can be identified as an Eastern Tiger Swallowtail, scientific name being Papilio glaucus!) is...

...This picture of Danger Days Mikey Way!

I originally was going to put

This picture of Gerard Way, but found the Mikey Way one to be more suiting since he's actually wearing the yellow :)

Butterfly fun-fact: "The first known drawing of a North American butterfly was of an eastern tiger swallowtail. It was drawn by John White in 1587,[3] during Sir Walter Raleigh's third expedition to Virginia.[13] White named his drawing "Mamankanois" which is believed to be a Carolina Algonquian word for "butterfly".[14] This species was later described by Carl Linnaeus in his 10th edition of Systema Naturae in 1758." -Wikipedia article on Eastern Tiger Swallowtails (Papilio glaucus/P. galucus)

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🌷Pink lighting Mikey is an Agrias Claudina !

Some facts about these butterflies:

The larvae of these butterflies feed on Erythroxylum species. Adults feed on decomposing fruit and rotting fish. The Agrias Claudina physically are very beautiful looking, not only this but are pretty large for butterflies. Agria Claudina has wing spans of 2.8-4.7in. Between females and males, there are very small differences in their color, shape, size, and structure. Males have yellow tufts that are used to attract female butterflies. In all Agria Claudia, the bottom of their wings has different patterns, the main colors seen on these butterflies are blue, red, black, and yellow ! (Source)

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💐This Dramatic Gerard as a Hackberry Emperor Butterfly (Asterocampa celtis) !

Some facts about the Hackberry Emperor Butterfly:

The hackberry emperor is known for being a quick, mercurial butterfly. It often is found along water sources and lowlands, although it lives in a broad range of habitats. Another notable characteristic is that it rarely is spotted visiting a flower, which is considered unusual for a butterfly !

Species in the genus Asterocampa are regarded as being "cheater" organisms, since these butterflies do not pollinate flowers when they feed from them. This species can more accurately be described as parasitizing their hosts and plant food sources since they extract nutrients without providing any benefits to the host ! (Source)