Read about related Lepidoptera by using the "Forward" and "Backward" device icons. The butterfly members of this Order of insects include the popular and usually colorful species. Butterfly groups include monarchs, satyrs, dagerwings, leaf-wings, owls, buckeyes, admirals, checkerspots, crecents, fritillaries, heliconids, riodinids, blues, hairstreaks, coppers, whites, orange-tips, sulphurs and swallowtails.

Heliconid Mimic Butterfly Eresia spp. Lepidoptera Nymphalidae The Melitainae nymphalid butterflies are known to mimic Ithomiid and Heliconid butterflies. This butterfly was found feeding in Brazil right next to the species it mimicked. A congregation had gathered to imbibe minerals found in human sweat deposited by entomologists obliged to use this primitive hand rail to negotiate a particularly muddy section of the trail. View the Index of Orders View Complete Photo List Ants, Bees & Wasps Butterflies & Moths Flies Beetles Lacewings & Antlions Leafhoppers & Cicadas True Bugs Cockroaches Praying Mantids Grasshoppers, Crickets Walking Sticks Dragonflies & Damselflies Mayflies Non-Insects