One kind of female butterfly mates only once in its life — and then closes its wings to avoid "harassment" when pursued by persistent and unwanted males, a Japanese researcher said.

Butterflies can be quite difficult to draw. They have pretty colorful wings attached to a tiny body. Then these little ...

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The full grown morpho rhetenor butterfly, a native to South America. The blue morpho butterfly shows off its brightly colored wings when in flight. But at rest, with closed wings, the butterfly ...

The butterfly's blue coloration only covers the inside of the wings, and thus only shows up in flight. At rest with the wings closed, the butterfly would only show its dull, brown coloring.

MORE THAN 400 species of butterfly call Australia home, favouring the continents warm tropical climate. Their wings, decorated in intricate, colourful signals, are made up of thousand of tiny scales, ...