To stop identity thieves and counterfeiters, a group of researchers is looking for inspiration from an unlikely source: butterflies. In order to attract a mate, the male Pierella luna butterfly of ...

Heliconius charithonia is one of the species of butterflies whose wing patterns scientists scrutinized to better understand the evolutionary process. This butterfly is wild-type; the genetically ...

The most beautiful butterflies in the world: People have been interested in butterflies for hundreds of years because of their bright colors and complicated wing patterns. But the prettiest ...

Butterflies have long captured our attention due to their amazing color diversity. But why are they so colorful? A new publication led by researchers from Sweden and Germany suggests that female ...

A study of the pigment molecules that give color to the wings of butterflies, led by two City College of New York professors and two former students, was published in the science journal PLOS ONE. The ...

There is nothing quite like the wing of a moth or butterfly. They are different from other insect wings. A butterfly’s wing is like a jet and a paper airplane mashed together, then covered with tiny ...