How did this large black butterfly with distinctive yellow and blue markings flutter to the top of the butterfly heap, surpassing others like the monarch, tiger swallowtail and spangled fritillary?

would be named state butterfly under House Bill 4159. Common in North America, the black swallowtail is easily identified by its black, three-to-four-inch diameter wings with yellow, blue and ...

is a popular North American butterfly. They are typically black and yellow, but some have blue and orange mixed in to their outfit, according to Butterflies and Moths experts. Food for these ...

North Carolina’s state butterfly ... its wings and a blue iridescent shine on its wings’ uppersides. About half the females in North Carolina are black instead of yellow, according to the ...

All have orange, yellow and black eye spots, but males have two prominent lines of yellow spots and a light dusting of blue spots, while females have much less yellow and much more blue. This was a ...

Today, as a naturalist, I associate the word with a butterfly: the Blue Pansy ( Junonia ... leading to strategically placed yellow, black, and / or red eyespot-like markings of varied sizes ...