Wingspan 5-6 cm. Black-brown with red bands
and white spots, underside of forewing similar to upperside.
Underside of hind wing dappled grey - brown. European butterfly
Wingspan 4-4.5cm. Veins on underside of wings
dark dusted. The spring brood is smaller and marked with
a darker distinct pattern. European an common everywhere
Myrea
Pettit is renowned for her detailed images of butterflies.
In 2003 she was studying the indigenous butterflies of Ecuador
(mariposas del Ecuador) on a visit to the virgin jungle of
the Amazon. (see below)
The Butterfly images created by Myrea on this page, where
specially commissioned for an exclusive and collectible range
of miniature ginger jars marketed by Brooks & Bentley
in 2004.
Wingspan 5-6 cm. Pale orange with black spots,
also with white spots on forewing; underside of hind wing
with a row of five eye spots. European butterfly
Wingspan 2.5-3cm. Forewing yellow to red-orange
with a broad,dark brownmargin and black spots, hind wing
black-brown with a jagged orange band; forewing under color
orange -brown with black spots and a grey margin, hind wing
grey brown with dark spots. European and to northern Scandanavia.
Wingspan 7-8 cm. Central and South America is the most
popular of all Danaidae species.The butterflies fly through
the American states in clouds numbering millions of specimens
some getting as far as Canada and those blown off course
can reach Western Europe
Wingspan 3cm. The male has violet-blue uppers,
the female are brown with a scattering of purple scales at
the base of the wings. Undersides are bluey-grey with a tiny
row of black spots. There is a single tail. North American
subspecies E. argiades comyntas. It rarely visits England
from mainland Europe
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