Mountaintops host some of the world's most diverse butterfly species, but climate change could transform these habitats into ...

Butterflies possess intricate wing structures that have inspired many technological innovations. For instance, the blue Morpho butterfly is now being studied by researchers at the University of ...

Thousands of new species are found each year. Here are three of our most recent eye-catching stories. The new species was ...

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 ...

Females can mimic the wings of up to five different, more poisonous butterfly species, giving them protection. The Indian leaf butterfly (Kallima paralekta) is nearly impossible to spot when it is ...

The Tsushima Blue Quaker butterfly, an iconic symbol of Tsushima ... and refers to the black spots on the underside of its hind wings that appear when its wings are closed. Tsushima is its only ...

Here is the list of most breathtaking and beautiful butterfly species in the world. The black swallowtail, also known as the eastern black swallowtail or American swallowtail, has black wings ...

After Hurricane Andrew ripped through South Florida in 1992, the already-scarce Miami blue butterfly almost went extinct: No one recorded a single sighting for years. Finally, in 1999, a cheer went up ...

The Smith's blue butterfly may be tiny, but it's endangered in a big way. It spends its whole life within a few hundred yards of two native plants, seacliff buckwheat and coast buckwheat — and is ...