Catacore kolyma (Hewitson, 1858), or the Kolyma eighty-eight inhabits South America.
This bead butterfly is woven of 4 colours.
The bead pattern is available at https://bead-patterns.com/beadpattern/butterfly-catacore-kolyma-micro
Category: Family: Nymphalidae
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Catacore kolyma
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Cethosia biblis
Cethosia biblis (Drury, 1773), the Lacewing biblis, or the Red (Malay) Lacewing inhabits South Asia.
The caterpillars of this butterfly live on passionflowers and get the poison of the plant, thus, the butterflies are also poisonous: red stipes on the wings warn birds and other animals that the butterfly is inedible. Black and white ornament on the wings looks so like letters that the species was named “biblis” which means “book”.
The span of its wings is 8 cm.
This beaded butterfly is woven of 9 colours.The bead pattern is available at https://bead-patterns.com/beadpattern/butterfly-cethosia-biblis
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Charaxes fournierae
Charaxes fournierae (Le Moult, 1930)
Eugène Le Moult gave ther name to the butterfly in honour of his best lepiudopteran Parisian client, Madame Fournier.
The butterfly inhabits lowland evergreen forests of Central Africa.
Its wingspan is about 80 mm.The bead butterfly is woven of 12 colours.
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Charaxes Fulvescens
Charaxes fulvescens (Aurivillius, 1891), or the Forest Pearl charaxes is a butterfly of Central Africa.
It inhabits dense evergreen forests at low to moderate altitudes and occasionally savannas.
Its wingspan is 80-90 mm.The bead butterfly is woven of 18 colours.
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Charaxes fulvescens
Charaxes fulvescens (Aurivillius, 1891), or the Forest Pearl charaxes is a butterfly of Central Africa.
It inhabits dense evergreen forests at low to moderate altitudes and occasionally savannas.
Its wingspan is 80-90 mm.The bead butterfly is woven of 18 colours.
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Cithaerias pireta aurorina
Cithaerias pireta aurorina (Weymer, 1910), or the Pink Glasswing or the Blushing Phantom inhabits Northern Amazonia: Columbia, Equador, Bolivia. The butterfly wings are tranparent, just two pink spots on the hindwings which helps the butterfly to escape predators. The wingspan of Cithaerias is about 50 mm.
This bead butterfly is loomed and woven of 10 colours. -
Cithaerias pireta aurorina
Cithaerias pireta aurorina (Weymer, 1910), or the Pink Glasswing or the Blushing Phantom inhabits Northern Amazonia: Columbia, Equador, Bolivia. The butterfly wings are tranparent, just two pink spots on the hindwings which helps the butterfly to escape predators. The wingspan of Cithaerias is about 50 mm.
The bead butterfly is woven of 10 colours.
The bead pattern is available at https://bead-patterns.com/beadpattern/blushing-phantom-butterfly-%D1%81ithaerias-pireta-aurorina-mini -
Cithaerias pireta aurorina
Cithaerias pireta aurorina (Weymer, 1910), or the Pink Glasswing or the Blushing Phantom inhabits Northern Amazonia: Columbia, Equador, Bolivia. The butterfly wings are tranparent, just two pink spots on the hindwings which helps the butterfly to escape predators. The wingspan of Cithaerias is about 50 mm.
The bead pattern is available at https://bead-patterns.com/beadpattern/butterfly-cithaerias-aurorina
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Cithaerias pireta aurorina
Cithaerias pireta aurorina (Weymer, 1910), or the Pink Glasswing or the Blushing Phantom inhabits Northern Amazonia: Columbia, Equador, Bolivia. The butterfly wings are tranparent, just two pink spots on the hindwings which helps the butterfly to escape predators. The wingspan of Cithaerias is about 50 mm.
The bead butterfly is woven of 15 colours.
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Cymothoe coccinata
Cymothoe coccinata (Hewitson, 1874) or the Common Red Glider inhabits rainforests of Ghana and Cameroun. The wngspan of this species is 75-80 mm.
This bead butterfly is woven of 10 colours.The bead pattern is available at https://bead-patterns.com/beadpattern/butterfly-cymothoe-coccinata
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Danaus chrysippus
Danaus chrysippus (Linnaeus, 1758) is also known as the Plain tiger, African queen, or African Monarch, is widespread in Asia, Australia and Africa. They feed on toxic milkweed and so are inedible for most predators. Danaus chrisippus is mostly found in dry, wide-open areas. Its wingspan is 70-8- mm.
This butterfly is possibly one of the first lepidopteras depicted in art. You can see it in 3500-year-old Egyptian fresco in Luxor.
The bead butterfly is woven of 11 colours.
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Danaus genutia
Danaus genutia (Cramer, 1779), or the Common (or Striped) Tiger is a butterfly of South East Asia and Australia. It inhabits shrub jungles, dry and moist deciduous forests, preferring areas of moderate to heavy rainfall.
The span of its wings is 7-9 cm.
This bead butterfly is woven of 8 colours.the bead pattern is available at https://bead-patterns.com/beadpattern/butterfly-danaus-genutia
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Doxocopa laurentia cherubina
Doxocopa laurentia (Godart, 1823), or common name Turquoise Emperor or Cherubina Emperor is found in Mexico, Brazil, Bolivia, Ecuador, Colombia and Peru.
Its wingspan is about 75 mm.The bead butterfly is woven of 12 colours.
The bead pattern is available at https://bead-patterns.com/beadpattern/turquoise-emperor-butterfly-doxocopa-laurentia-cherubina-mini -
Euphydryas phaeton
Euphydryas phaeton (Drury, 1773), or Baltimore Checkerspot is a butterfly of North Carolina mountains. Its wingspan is 5-7 cm.
This bead butterfly is woven of 7 colours.The bead pattern is available at https://bead-patterns.com/beadpattern/butterfly-euphydryas-phaeton
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Heliconius doris
Heliconius doris (Linnaeus, 1771) or the Doris longwing is a butterfly of Central America. Its size is approximately 4X7 cm. Its species name is connected with Doris, the Okeanid nymph, wife of the sea-god Nereus, and the mother of the fifty Nereides.
This beaded butterfly is woven of 7 colours.The bead pattern is available at https://bead-patterns.com/beadpattern/butterfly-heliconius-doris