In a first, physicists have directly seen Hofstadter’s butterfly—a long-sought-after fractal in the quantum realm ...

Famous for the striking 'eyes' gazing from its wings, this large butterfly can be spotted a mile off. Native to the forests of central and South America, the banana-loving species wears a disguise to ...

In a forested region of Angola where a cliff separates the landscape, a new species of butterfly ... wings appear to be glowing. The animals are Hewitsonia butterflies — and were just discovered as a ...

DESCRIPTION: The monarch is a large orange butterfly that flies with its wings held in a “v” shape. The wings have prominent dark veins and two rows of white spots at the edges, and the body is dark.

Some species have developed large eyespots on their wings, tricking predators into thinking they have come face to face with a much larger creature. The owl butterfly is one example of this. Its ...