Malachite Butterfly - Photo of the Day - August 24th, 2010

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"Malachite Butterfly"

A malachite butterfly (Siproeta stelenes), native to Central and South America.

Captured at Wings of Paradise Butterfly Conservatory, near Cambridge, Ontario, Canada.

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Black Butterfly - Photo of the Day - August 14th, 2010

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"Black Butterfly"

A black and white butterfly aights on green foliage, with its wings spread wide to absorb the sun’s warmth.

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Pretty Butterfly - Photo of the Day - July 25th, 2010

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"Pretty Butterfly"

A Lustrous copper butterfly (Lycaena cuprea var. snowi) alights among a group of Lindley’s or Fringed American aster (Symphyotrichum ciliolatum) flowers.

Captured at Head-Smashed-In buffalo Jump Provincial Park, in Alberta, Canada.
Taken with a Canon Rebel XSi, using a 55-250mm lens.

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Lustrous copper:
The Canadian populations are subspecies snowi, with a brassy-copper upperside and a darker grey underside. ...
The Lustrous Copper is a butterfly of western mountain ranges in North America. It is found in several ranges in southern British Columbia, including the Kootenays and Selkirks, and also in the front range of the Rocky Mountains in Alberta and British Columbia as far north as Caribou Pass.
Source: The Butterflies of Canada by Ross A. Layberry, Peter W. Hall, and J. Donald Lafontaine. University of Toronto Press; 1998

"Honeysuckle Butterfly" - Photo of the Day - March 23rd, 2010

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"Honeysuckle Butterfly"

An Easter Tiger Swallowtail butterfly feeding on the sweet nectar of some honeysuckle flowers. Taken at Queenston Heights, in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada.

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"Rice Paper Butterfly" - Photo of the Day - February 20th, 2010

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"Rice Paper Butterfly"

A close-up of a rice paper butterfly, or paper kite, alighting on a flowering bush.

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"Orange Julia" - Photo of the Day - February 12th. 2010

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"Orange Julia"

A brightly coloured orange Julia Butterfly alighting on a purple flower.

This butterfly is also known as Dryas iulio (incorrectly spelled julia), or Julia Heliconian, and is a species of brush-footed butterfly native to south and central America and the southern united States.

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"Honeysuckle Butterfly" - Photo of the Day - February 4th, 2010

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"Honeysuckle Butterfly"

An Eastern Tiger Swallowtail butterfly feeding on the sweet nectar of some honeysuckle flowers.

Taken at Queenston Heights, in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada.

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"Pretty Butterfly" - Photo of the Day - January 22nd, 2010

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"Pretty Butterfly"

A Lustrous copper butterfly (Lycaena cuprea var. snowi) alights among a group of Lindley’s or Fringed American aster (Symphyotrichum ciliolatum) flowers.

Captured at Head-Smashed-In buffalo Jump Provincial Park, in Alberta, Canada.
Taken with a Canon Rebel XSi, using a 55-250mm lens.

Lustrous copper:
The Canadian populations are subspecies snowi, with a brassy-copper upperside and a darker grey underside. ...
The Lustrous Copper is a butterfly of western mountain ranges in North America. It is found in several ranges in southern British Columbia, including the Kootenays and Selkirks, and also in the front range of the Rocky Mountains in Alberta and British Columbia as far north as Caribou Pass.
Source: The Butterflies of Canada by Ross A. Layberry, Peter W. Hall, and J. Donald Lafontaine. University of Toronto Press; 1998

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