Aglais (Inachis) io (Linnaeus, 1758), or the European Peacock, more commonly known simply as the Peacock butterfly, is found in Europe, temperate Asia as far east as Japan.It is named in honour of nymph Io, the daughter of Ancient Greek river god Inachus.
The span of its wings is 5-7 cm.
This bead butterfly is loomed of 15 colours in 2009.
Aglais urticae (Linnaeus, 1758), or the Small Tortoiseshell is a Eurasian butterfly with wingspan of about 5 cm.
This beaded butterfly is woven of 16 colours.
The bead pattern is available at https://bead-patterns.com/beadpattern/butterfly-aglais-urticae
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.
The bead pattern will be available later
Byasa polla (De Nicéville, 1897), or De Nicéville’s windmill is an Indian butterfly. It is rare and protected by the law in India.
The span of the butterfly’s wings is about 11-13 cm.
This beaded butterfly is woven of 9 colours.
The bead pattern is available at https://bead-patterns.com/beadpattern/butterfly-atrophaneura-polla
Catopsilia scylla (Linnaeus, 1763), or the Orange Migrant or Orange Emigrant, first described by the great Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus in 1763.
The butterfly inhabits South East Asia and Australia.
The wingspan is 60-65 mm.
The bead butterfly is woven of 9 colours.
The bead pattern is available at https://bead-patterns.com/beadpattern/%D1%81atopsilla-scylla-butterfly
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.
The bead pattern is available at https://bead-patterns.com/beadpattern/butterfly-charaxes-fournierae-small
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.
The bead pattern is available at https://bead-patterns.com/beadpattern/danis-danis-butterfly-female-ventral
Neoris huttoni (Moore, 1862) moth was first described by British entomologist and illustrator Frederic Moore in 1862.
Neoris huttoni inhabits mountains of Central Asia, mostly at 1500-2000 meters over the sea level. Caterpillars prefer to feed on pistachios and wild almond. Imago (adults)
do not eat, so they live only 2-3 days.
Wingspan is 100-120 mm.
The bead butterfly is woven of 13 colours.
The bead pattern is available at https://bead-patterns.com/beadpattern/neoris-huttoni-moth
Papilio antimachus (Drury, 1782), or the African giant swallowtail is the largest African butterfly and one of the largest world butterflies. Its wingspan is from 18 to 23 cm. This lepidoptera has almost no natural enemies because of its high toxicity.
This bead butterfly is woven of 13 colours.
The bead pattern is available at https://bead-patterns.com/beadpattern/butterfly-papilio-antimachus-male