One butterfly with wings showing purple splashes of color is the Purple Emperor. The spots on the wings are purple with a blue sheen.
There are a few butterflies across the world with a purple appearance. Some of these include: the Purple Emperor, the Colorado Hairstreak, the Purple Hairstreak, the Rhopalocera Singaporeana, the Purple Sapphire, the Karner blue, the Purple leafwing, and the Royal Assyrian.
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yes the mourning cloak butterfly is purple-black with blue spots and a yellow stripe
One butterfly with wings showing purple splashes of color is the Purple Emperor. The spots on the wings are purple with a blue sheen.
commonly they turn into purple moths
Hairstreak butterflies are native to Colorado. They lay their eggs on the leaves on the Gamble Oak. The young will eat the leaves of the tree while the adult butterflies live off of the tree sap.
Actually, butterflies don't eat flowers. Caterpillars do. The butterflies use their proboscis to suck the nectar out of the center of the flower.
Small Tortoiseshell butterflies drink nectar as their main source of nutrients. The butterflies especially enjoy red and purple flowers. These colors are at the ends of the visual light spectrum for humans.
Some butterflies, beetles, moths, etc. Lots of winged insects have purple on them which isn't to say there aren't plenty of non-winged species with purple as well.