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mexican bluewing (myscelia ethusa) | source
Arthropods (et al)
Myscelia ethusa vs Actias luna
Common Name: Mexican Bluewing | Luna Moth Conservation Status: Least Concern | Least Concern Fun Fact: Myscelia ethusa likes to feed on rotting fruit instead of flower nectar | Actias luna lives for only about a week in its mature state, and doesn't even have a mouth!
Which of these animals is your favorite?
Myscelia ethusa
Actias luna
A Mexican bluewing (Myscelia ethusa) in Llano Grande, Texas, USA
by jciv
🌹This Revenge Gerard is a Mexican Bluewing (myscelia ethusa) !
Some facts about these butterflies:
Myscelia ethusa, the Mexican bluewing or blue wing, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. The species was first described by Louis Michel François Doyère in 1840. It is found from Colombia north through Central America to Mexico ! (Source)
Ok, ignore that submission I sent, I misread the rules for posting, lol. But I want to make a character similar to my humanoid peacock character but instead of a peacock, the character will be a butterfly. Do you have any suggestions for amazing and exotic butterflies? I'd ask google but I wanted to know what you'd suggest (mainly because you are the bug expert and google can't be trusted all the time.) If you do have any please post pics too, thanks in advance
Tbh I find moths are often way more colorful, especially the day-flying ones! I made a post of some of my favorite colorful moths here a while back if you’d like to look at those for inspiration. My much shorter list of fav butterflies is here. The Madagascan sunset moth and Queen Alexandra’s birdwing butterfly are also popular for how colorful they are if you want to check those out.
And a few other butterflies that come to mind that I haven’t posted in the past:
Blue pansy photo by mike999
Mexican bluewing photo by greglasley
Ethilia longwing photo by jjstupka
Swallowtail butterflies in general have some pretty great coloring, too, if you want to browse those here.
I’d love to see the character design when you’re done, even if you don’t use one of my suggested species :)
Mexican Bluewing (Myscelia ethusa) with Labradorite