Female Monarch. Photo by zaguitart

Pearl Bordered Fratillary. Photo by Gary Faulkner

A Jezebel (Delais Eucharis) butterfly in Sri Lanka’s Dimah Conservation Butterfly Garden, home to some 125 species of butterfly. Picture: EPA

Monarch Butterfly. Photo by Stanley Sutton

Spot Sword Tail. Photo by Bug Eye

Crimson Rose butterfly - Pachliopta hector. Photo by Tarique Sani

Dark Blue Tiger. Photo by Tarique Sani

A monarch butterfly (Wonders of Life - BBC)

The Skipper. Photo by Bug Eye

Owl Butterfly. Photo by Alida Jorissen

Blue Morpho. Photo by Skydiver_hh

A butterfly sucks nectar from a flower at the Dachigam national park, outside Srinagar City, the summer capital of Indian Kashmir.

California, US: butterflies mate in a garden in Woodland Hills. Photograph: Joe Klamar/AFP/Getty Images

Peacock pansy butterfly in New Delhi, India. Photograph: Harish Tyagi/EPA

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