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- Cramer’s eighty-eight. Diaethria clymena, known as Cramer’s Eighty Eight or simply 88 Butterfly, is a small species which features a pattern of black and white spots.
- Double-banded Postman. The postman butterfly is predominately black, with distinct red/orange, yellow or white bands on the forewings, and sometimes on the hindwings.
- Great Mormon. Great Mormon is a large butterfly with a wing span. It has four male and many female forms, the females being highly polymorphic and many of them being mimics of unpalatable butterflies.
- Atlas Moth. Atlas Moth is one of the largest lepidopterans with a large wingspan. The body is disproportionately small compared to the wings. The upperside of the wings are reddish brown with a pattern of black, white, pink, and purple lines and triangular, scale-less windows bordered in black.
- Red Admiral
- European Peacock Butterfly
- Red Peacock
- Red Postman
- Crimson Rose
- Red Rim
- Natal Acraea
- Red Lacewing Butterfly
- Red-barred Amarynthis
- Red Cracker
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Mostly black, The Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta) is one of the most common butterflies in the world. It additionally features a red band on its wings which contrasts its appearance. Red Admiral butterflies are marked by either orange or red nuances as bands across their wings, depending on their age. It shows a vivid red, known as vermilion red, ba...
Like The Red Admiral, The European Peacock Butterfly (Aglais io) is one of the larger red butterflies in the world. Its colors also vary, but it comes with significant red nuances across its body and wings. The European Peacock Butterfly has red lower forewings. The upper part of the wings shows black and yellow eyespots. Red nuances on its forewin...
Mostly red nuances are specific to Red Peacocks (Anartia amathea). The red nuance as well as the red color percentage on the wings depends on the gender and the location of this species. Red Peacocks are found in South America and the Southern range of Central America. Some of the butterflies in Suriname and Tobago are known for having the most sig...
Somewhat similar to Red Admirals, Red Postmans (Heliconius erato) are also mostly black and red. This is a butterfly species associated with passiflora plants but it can be found in widespread areas. Males of the species are the ones with red bands across the wings while most of their forewings and hindwings are black, together with the body. Femal...
A species found across India and Sri Lanka, Crimson Rose (Pachliopta hector) is a species named after its crimson red nuance. This species is not mostly red as it shows a base black color. Some of the most common red areas on the butterfly include the spots on the lower hindwings. This species has black forewings and black hindwings. White bands ar...
One of the Texas butterflieswith considerable red patches is the Red Rim (Biblis hyperia). This is a species with a highly contrasting appearance. Mostly seen in Mexico, this species that also live in Texas has a mostly black color across the forewings and hindwings. Additional red bands are seen on its lower hindwings. This is a continuous red ban...
An African species with a long wingspan, these red butterflies (Acraea natalica) are active throughout the year. A common sight in South Africa, the species regularly grows to a wingspan of over 3 inches. Its coloring can vary slightly, depending on the season and subspecies. Red nuances, particularly orange-red, are specific to this butterfly. Nat...
Present in Asia and Southeast Asia across different subspecies, Red Lacewing Butterflies (Cethosia biblis) can be mostly red or partly red. Tens of subspecies are recognized for Red Lacewing Butterflies. This is a genus with vivid red and uniform colors across the forewings and hindwings, with black spots and margins. Red Lacewing Butterflies can a...
A species that only lives in rainforests, Red-barred Amarynthis butterflies (Amarynthis meneria) show considerable red sections across the wings. While not mostly red, this black butterfly shows a combination of red bands and spots that contrast both its forewings and its hindwings. Only found in low forests, this is a species with thin red bands o...
A South American species of humid habitat, Red Crackers (Hamadryas amphinome) are primarily known for making a cracking-like sound when flapping their wings. At first, this species may not appear to show any red nuances. However, Red Cracker’s ventral wings are mostly red while the dorsal wings show no red sections at all. This is a species with br...
Learn about the different types of red butterflies around the world, from the common Red Admiral to the rare Crimson Rose. See photos, descriptions, and facts about their colors, patterns, habitats, and behaviors.
- Red Lacewing. Scientific name: Cethosia bilbis. From: Australia, South-East Asia. Host plant: Adenia heterophylla. Fun fact: This ruby red butterfly is the only predominately red butterfly in Australia.
- Scarlet Peacock. Scientific name: Anartia amathea. From: South America. Host plant: Acanthaceae. Fun fact: The stunning Scarlet Peacock butterfly is known to group in large masses of hundreds of butterflies, although it is very rare to spot.
- Red Admiral. Scientific name: Vanessa atalanta. From: North Africa, North America, South America, Europe, Asia, the Caribbean. Host plant: Stinging nettle and false nettle.
- Peacock Butterfly. Scientific name: Aglais io. From: Great Britain and Europe. Host plant: Common nettle. Fun fact: The red peacock has large eyespots that confuses predators into thinking that it is a larger animal, such as an owl.
May 26, 2023 · Learn about different types of butterflies that have red markings, from their habitats to their life spans. See photos and facts of Scarlet Mormon, Cinnabar Moth, Red Admiral, Painted Lady, and more.
Easily identified by its intense red and yellow colouration, the Painted Jezebel is white above, while the lower half of the hindwing is bright yellow with a bright red border. The wings of the females have veins that are more heavily dusted that those of the males.
It is the commonest of the large-tailed butterflies of India. The red body, slow peculiar flight, bright colouration and pattern of the wings are meant to indicate to predators that this butterfly is inedible, being well protected by the poisons it has sequestered from its larval food plant.
Heliconius erato, or the red postman, is one of about 40 neotropical species of butterfly belonging to the genus Heliconius. It is also commonly known as the small postman, the red passion flower butterfly, or the crimson-patched longwing. It was described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae. [1]
