Like catching sight of a rainbow, seeing a butterfly feels like a special and fleeting privilege, a moment that triggers ...

Learn what an American lady butterfly and caterpillar looks like. Plus, see how it compares to a painted lady butterfly.

Butterflies' flight trajectories often appear random or chaotic, and compared with other hovering insects, their bodies ...

A beautiful white and green butterfly with a marbled hind wing, the island marble once fluttered about in the open grasslands and Garry oak woodlands of Washington's San Juan Islands and Canada's ...

A pressed small white butterfly, Pieris rapae, mounted by botanist Leonard Plukenet and incorporated into the Sir Hans Sloane Herbarium. Early nature enthusiasts relied heavily on persuading others to ...

Map Wing: A small white butterfly named for the map-like lines on its wings. Normally stays close to the ground because it seeks food from puddles. Great Orange Tip: A white butterfly with orange ...