Category: Family: Lycaenidae

Arhopala micale

Black, Blue, Collection: small, Family: Lycaenidae, Gender: male, Geography: Asia, Geography: Australia, Indigo, Lilac, Violet

Arhopala micale (Blanchard, 1853), or the Shining Oakblue, inhabits Melanesia and New Guinea and the north coast of Australia.
The wingspan is about 40 mm.

The bead butterfly is woven of 13 colours.
Atlides halesus

Collection: small, Family: Lycaenidae, Gender: male, Geography: North America, Green, Turquoise

Atlides halesus (Cramer, 1777), or the Great purple hairstreak is a forest butterfly of North and Central America.
Its wingspan is 30-50 mm.
The wings sparkle with different shades of blue, green and purple, so in this bead butterfly the wings are coloured a bit differently to show the sparkling.

The bead butterfly is woven of 11 colours.
Atlides halesus

Collection: small, Collection: small – loom, Family: Lycaenidae, Gender: male, Geography: North America, Green, Turquoise, Uncategorized

Atlides halesus (Cramer, 1777), or the Great purple hairstreak is a forest butterfly of North and Central America.
Its wingspan is 30-50 mm.
The wings sparkle with different shades of blue, green and purple, so in this bead butterfly the wings are coloured a bit differently to show the sparkling.

The bead butterfly is loomed of 11 colours.
Chrysozephyrus brillantinus

Collection: big, Family: Lycaenidae, Gender: male, Geography: Asia, Green

Chrysozephyrus brillantinus (Staudinger, 1887) is a small, of about 2 cm in width, butterfly that lives in the Far East of Russia. Its wings shine with various green shades, from dark forest green to very light turquoise.
This bead butterfly is woven of 8 colours.

The bead pattern is available at https://bead-patterns.com/beadpattern/butterfly-chrysozephyrus-brillantinus
Danis danis female

Collection: tiny, Family: Lycaenidae, Gender: female, Geography: Australia, Multicoloured, Turquoise, Uncategorized, White

Danis danis (Cramer, 1775), or the Large Green-Banded Blue, first described in 1775 by Dutch entomologist Pieter Cramer, inhabits Australia and New Guinea.

The wingspan of the butterfly is about 70 mm.

The bead butterfly is woven of 11 colours.
Danis danis male

Blue, Collection: tiny, Family: Lycaenidae, Gender: male, Geography: Australia, Indigo, Multicoloured, Turquoise, Violet

Danis danis (Cramer, 1775), or the Large Green-Banded Blue, first described in 1775 by Dutch entomologist Pieter Cramer, inhabits Australia and New Guinea.

The wingspan of the butterfly is about 70 mm.

The bead butterfly is woven of 15 colours.
Nacaduba biocellata

Blue, Collection: tiny, Family: Lycaenidae, Gender: male, Geography: Australia, Indigo, Lilac, Pink, Violet

Nacaduba biocellata (C. & R. Felder, 1865), or the Two -Spotted Line Blue,(first described by Cajetan and Rudolf Felder, father and son,Austrian entomologists in 1865) is a 20 mm wingspan Indo-Australian butterfly also inhabiting Singapore. Its pale-yellow caterpillar feeds on acacia and turns to red (or sometimes green) colour before becoming a pupa. It takes the butterfly of about a fortnight from a new-born egg to an imago (an adult butterfly).

The bead butterfly is woven of 13 colours.
Olynthus narbal

Blue, Collection: tiny, Family: Lycaenidae, Gender: female, Gender: male, Geography: South America, Indigo

Olynthus narbal (Stoll, 1790) can be met in Panama, Surinam, Guyana,Brazil and Peru.
Its wingspan is about 30 mm.

The bead butterfly is woven of 10 colours.
Poritia phormedon

Collection: small, Family: Lycaenidae, Gender: male, Geography: Asia, Green

Poritia phormedon (H. H. Druce, 1895) is a rare Indian butterfly flying in tropical rainforests in elevations of about 2000 m.
Its wingspan is 3 cm.

The bead butterfly is woven of 16 colours.