Different Species Of

Beautiful Butterflies
UMAR AHMAD TAUSEEF-10B
 1.Red Admiral

2.Orange Oakleaf

Content: 3.Cabbage White

4.Painted Lady

5.Common Brimstone
 The Red Admiral

 Vanessa atalanta , the red admiral or, previously, the red

admirable, is a well-characterized, medium-sized butterfly with
black wings, red bands, and white spots. It has a wingspan of
about 2 inches. It was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his
1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae. The red admiral
caterpillar eats plants in the Urticaceae, or nettle family. Adult
red admirals usually eat rotting fruit, tree sap, and bird
droppings. The red admiral is found in moist woods and
forests, yards, parks, meadows, marshes, and fields.
 The Orange Oakleaf

 Kallima inachus, the orange oakleaf, Indian oakleaf

or dead leaf, is a nymphalid butterfly found in
Tropical Asia from India to Japan. With wings closed,
it closely resembles a dry leaf with dark veins and is a
commonly cited example of camouflage. They feed
on sap, over-ripe fruit, and nutrients found in
puddles (this is called mud-puddling)The orange
oakleaf is a powerful flier and usually flies in dense
forests with good rainfall, amongst undergrowth
and along stream beds. It is attracted to tree sap and
over-ripe fruit, and is also known to mud-puddle.
 The Cabbage White

 Pieris rapae is a small- to medium-sized butterfly species of the

whites-and-yellows family Pieridae. It is known in Europe as
the small white, in North America as the cabbage white or
cabbage butterfly, on several continents as the small cabbage
white, and in New Zealand as the white butterfly.The velvety
green caterpillars of the Cabbage White Butterfly are
considered a pest because they feed on cabbages and other
plants found in vegetable gardens, such as cauliflower,
brussel sprouts, broccoli, radishes and turnips.It lives
in urban areas, forests and woodlands, and heath.
 The Painted Lady

 Vanessa cardui is the most widespread of all butterfly

species. It is commonly called the painted lady, or formerly
in North America the cosmopolitan and it is the most
common species of butterfly in the world. painted lady can
be seen in Durer's Madonna with the Iris, where it
symbolises the crucifixion. The white butterflies on the
other hand represent purity and hope. Less colourful, even
dowdy, butterflies are also used in art to reflect our
fears. Adults drink nectar from flowers. Caterpillars eat
thistles, stinging nettles and mallows. The painted lady
(Vanessa cardui) is the most widespread of all butterflies in
the world. It is found throughout Europe, Asia, Africa,
North America, and Central America.
 The Common Brimstone

 Gonepteryx rhamni is a butterfly of the family Pieridae. It lives throughout

the Palearctic zone and is commonly found across Europe, Asia, and North
Africa. Across much of its range, it is the only species of its genus, and is
therefore simply known locally as the brimstone. Its wing span size is 60 -
74 mm. Adults: feed on nectar. A long proboscis (sucking mouthpart)
enables them to take nectar from flowers, such as teasel, that are beyond the
reach of many other butterflies. They prefer to drink from purple flowers,
and bluebells are an important early nectar source. They can be found
in damp woodlands, along sunny, woodland rides and mature
hedgerows, and in large gardens. The foodplants of the larvae are
buckthorn and alder buckthorn.