Despite the name, the common buckeye is anything but ordinary. The eyespots make this brown butterfly a real attention-getter ...

Gleaming in the air, the iridescent blue morpho protects itself from predators using the power of light. Native to the rainforests of Mexico, Central America and South America, this bright blue ...

Despite captive-breeding and reintroduction efforts, this sun-loving coastal butterfly, once common throughout South Florida, is now one of the rarest insect species in North America. The Miami blue ...

Male eros blue butterflies gather in large numbers to lie in the sun. Their shimmery blue colour is not produced by pigments but by the structure of their scales, which reflect light. Stacked layers ...