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.

Swallowtail Butterfly Papilio spp. Lepidoptera Papilionidae Large congregations of this swallowtail butterfly are found along the banks of an Indonesian river as they drink minerals. Caterpillars of this group have a retractable "Y" shaped fleshy protrusion called an osmetorium which serves as a stink organ when disturbed. Named for the long tails on hindwing, swallowtails represent an iconographic family with the French name for butterfly being papillon. The butterfly is a multicultural positive symbol for the beauty of nature and their daytime flight habits makes them more conspicuous than moths. 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