Green-yellow and brown, 4-month-diapausing pupae of Papilio machaon butterflies. Butterflies are fascinating and amazing organisms that I never get tired of observing. Let’s see how the patterns look. 🦋🐛

#Lepidoptera
#Butterflies
#Papiliomachaon
#Papilionidae
#Variation

weißer Falter mit schwarzen und roten Flecken mit offenen Flügeln auf einer niedrigen Pflanze sitzend, im Hintergrund orange-grüne helle Farbtöne

Puh, das ist ein Thema für einen ganzen Monat. Wie soll man denn da eine sinnvolle treffen? Ein Roter Apollo aus der letzten noch existenten finnischen Unterart (Parnassius apollo fennoscandicus) #HexapoDezember #Papilionidae

In Farbe! Und bunt!

Segelfalter, Schawalbenschwanz.

#HexapoDezember
#Papilionidae

#Papilionidae #HexapoDezember
* Iphiclides podalirius (Segelfalter)
* 2x Papilio machaon (Schwalbenschwanz)
* Papilio polymnestor parinda (Blue Mormon)

a smurf sitting on a couch reading a book with the words sometimes i just feel blue ALT: a smurf sitting on a couch reading a book with the words sometimes i just feel blue

Happy 30. #HexapoDezember
da. Irgendwas neigt sich dem Ende zu🤔 und weil wir so gerne mit Farben spielen🤗 nochmal zur Überfamilie der Papilionoidea, diesmal mit Rittern, Dickköpfen, Bläulingen und Weißlingen🥹 #Papilionidae #Hesperiidae #Lycaenidae #Pieridae

INC-STEP on X: "Our partner institutions #INCSTEP together house >9.4K specimens belonging to 36 of the 38 recognised species in our territory! 🌍 The top species are B. terrestris 🥇 and pascuorum 🥈, with >2,000 specimens each! However, flavidus and gerstaeckeri are absent from our coll. 🫙 https://t.co/Xu8NQGxn9l" / X Our partner institutions #INCSTEP together house >9.4K specimens belonging to 36 of the 38 recognised species in our territory! 🌍 The top species are B. terrestris 🥇 and pascuorum 🥈, with >2,000 specimens each! However, flavidus and gerstaeckeri are absent from our coll. 🫙 https://t.co/Xu8NQGxn9l

Have you missed any of our focal-taxa reports? ⚠️
Check them below!🔗 And do not forget to share! 🩷

#Bombus x.com/INCSTEP_EU/s...
#Eristalinae x.com/INCSTEP_EU/s...
#Hesperiidae x.com/INCSTEP_EU/s...
#Papilionidae x.com/INCSTEP_EU/s...
#Xylocopa x.com/INCSTEP_EU/s...

INC-STEP on X: "Let's move on to another of our 6️⃣ #INCSTEP objective taxa: the family #Papilionidae Latreille, 1802 (Lepidoptera) 🦋! Also known as swallowtail butterflies, these colourful and large insects inhabit all continents except Antarctica, playing a key role in pollination 🌼. https://t.co/vKv4A7v5JN" / X Let's move on to another of our 6️⃣ #INCSTEP objective taxa: the family #Papilionidae Latreille, 1802 (Lepidoptera) 🦋! Also known as swallowtail butterflies, these colourful and large insects inhabit all continents except Antarctica, playing a key role in pollination 🌼. https://t.co/vKv4A7v5JN

More preliminary results of our Task 1. Taxonomic review and validation of #INCSTEP focal taxa holdings!

It is the turn of the #Papilionidae family! 🦋📢 (check our previous post in the link below). We also have a new infographics about this group! 📊
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It looked like a piece of gummy, the first butterfly’s larva I met.
#Papilionidae
#Butterfly
#Insect
#Nature

A close-up photograph of an Eastern Tiger Swallowtail butterfly (Papilio glaucus) feeding on vivid purple butterfly bush flowers. The butterfly’s wings are open, displaying striking yellow coloration with bold black stripes and blue-orange spots near the edges. Its body and antennae are in sharp focus, and the textured flower clusters beneath it contrast with a softly blurred green background.

Papilio glaucus, the Eastern Tiger Swallowtail, is fairly polyphagous, feeding on a wide range of host plants and found across much of eastern North America. But for their size, few insects rival their elegance. 🌿
#Papilionidae #Lepidoptera #butterflies #macrophotography #entomology

Butterflies 💫💫💫 #entomology #butterflies #papiliomachaon #papilionidae

Photograph of an entomological box (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Bombus) sticking out of one of the cupboards of the MNCN collection. Photo credit: Irene Lobato-Vila

The MCNB arthropod collection includes a large representation of the #INCSTEP focal taxa, especially #Papilionidae & #Hesperiidae 🦋

The team behind this collection is mainly in charge of coordinating taxonomic review across all partner institutions.

#NameItToSaveIt #TETTRIsEU

#oilpainting #art #Papilionidae Swallowtail butterflies

Papilio demodocus 🦋

#lepidoptera #papilionidae #papiliodemodocus #entomology #entomologist

Male Papilio glaucus resting against a chain link fence.

Papilio glaucus resting on a chain link fence.

Papilio glaucus or eastern tiger swallowtail. Given the edges of its wing, I'm thinking that this is a male. I only ever see these near woodland areas so coming across one in the yard is always a blessed gift.

#papilio #papilionidae #papilioglaucus #easterntigerswallowtail

Morpho peleides in the greenhouse! Love these butterflies. We’re using them for public outreach and as part of our investigations of feeding behavior. #butterfly #papillon #papilionidae #womeninstem #womenscientists @UCIBioSci @UCIEEB