Tag: Butterflies

Friday Floral – Flying Flowers

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paper kite butterfly on red flower at Butterfly Wonderland

This Paper Kite butterfly (Idea leuco noe) is also commonly known as a Rice Paper or Tree Nymph butterfly and is found in the tropics.  This particular butterfly was in captivity at Butterfly Wonderland in Scottsdale, AZ.

The butterfly is a flying flower,
The flower a tethered butterfly.
~Ponce Denis Écouchard Lebrun

Frayed

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goliath birdwing butterfly

We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty. ~ Maya Angelou

A Goliath Birdwing butterfly with frayed wings.  Image made at Butterfly Wonderland in Scottsdale, AZ.

 

 

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