Butterfly of Gambia - 2002

Gold-banded Forester (Euphaedra Neophron) has featured on the stamp in the middle of the butterfly shaped souvenir sheet which issued by Gambia Post on year 2002.

Scott number : 2676

Gold-banded Forester (Euphaedra Neophron)

The Gold Banded Forester (Euphaedra neophron) is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family and found in eastern and southern Africa.

The larvae feed on Deinbollia oblongifolia or known as the Dune Soap-berry is a shrub or small tree in the family Sapindaceae.This small tree is found in coastal vegetation from the Eastern Cape of South Africa to southern Mozambique and Swaziland.

The wingspan is 55-65 mm for males and 60-78 mm for females. Adults are on wing year round, with a peak from February to July.

Butterfly of Honduras Pt.2

These stamps are series of butterflies stamps have been issued together with a souvenir sheet on 1991 by Honduras Post. It has depicted species of butterflies, Chlosyne Janais, Agraulis Vanillae, and Morpho Granadines.

Papilio polixenes on Honduras souvenir sheet

Honduras featured Papilio polixenes or well known as the Black Swallowtail on the imperforated souvenir sheet 1991.The upper surface of the wings is mostly black. On the inner edge of hindwing is a black spot centered in larger orange spot. A male of this species has a yellow band near edge of wings; a female has row of yellow spots. The hindwing of the female has an iridescent blue band.

Butterflies of the World - Tanzania 1993 part 2

The other sheet of Tanzania stamps 1993 has depicted 9 species of butterfly, consist of Limenitis syssi, Agrraulis vanillae, Danaus chrysippus, Eurytides marcellus, Artopoetes pryeri, Heliconius charitonius, Limenitis weidemeyerii, Phoebeis sennae, Timelaea albescens ( from left to right and from top to bottom direction).

Butterflies of the World - Tanzania 1993 part I

Tanzania has issued the sheet of stamps depicted 9 species of butterflies in 1993. The species were depicted are (from left to right and top to bottom direction) Papilio glaucus, Danaus plexippus, Papilio troilus, Hypolimnas antevorta, Cirrochroa imperatrix, Vanessa atalanta, Limenitis archippus, Hypolimnas pandarus, and Anthocharis belia. All stamps have same value 120 s.

Butterflies of Jersey 1991

In 1991, Jersey post issued 4 stamps that depicted species Melitaea cinxia on 15 p, Euplagia quadripunctaria on 20 p, Deilephilia porcellus on 37p and Inachis io on 57p.

Butterflies of Jamaica 1977

Jamaica Post featured butterflies species of family Nymphalidae and Pieridae on the miniature sheet of stamps in 1977. These butterlies are found in Jamaica, like : Eurema elathea of Pieridae family and Dynamine egaea, Atlantea pantoni, Hypolimnas misippus of Nymphalidae family.

Butterflies of the World - St. Vincent and The Grenadines 1998

St. Vincent and the Grenadines depicted the nine species of butterflies on the miniature stamp sheet in 1998. The species were depicted are Heliconius erato, Danaus plexippus, Papilio phoracas, Morpho peleides, Pandoriana pandora, Basilarchia astyanax, Vanessa carduii, Colobura dice, and Heraclides cresphontes ( picture direction: from top-left move ward to botom-right) .

Butterfly on Ireland stamps 2000

In 2000, Ireland Post has issued the beautiful mini sheet stamps depicted the four butterflies in the flower plant. The species are Inachis Io, Aglais urticae, Argynnis paphia, Anthocharis cardamines.

Inachis Io or the Peacock can be found in woods, fields, meadows, pastures, parks, and gardens, and from lowlands up to 2,500 metres (8,200 ft) elevation. It is a relatively common butterfly seen in many European parks and gardens.

Aglais urticae is a well-known colourful butterfly, found in temperate Europe. This is a species often found in gardens. The common named is The Small Tortoiseshell.

Argynnis paphia or Silver-washed Fritillary is a European species of butterfly, which was in decline for much of the 1970s and 1980s, but seems to be coming back to many of its old territories. Its has deep orange with black spots on the upper side of its wings, and has a wingspan of 54–70 mm, with the male being smaller and paler than the female. The underside is green, and, unlike other fritillaries, has silver streaks instead of silver spots, hence the name silver-washed.

Anthocharis cardamines is a butterfly in the Pieridae family and have orange tip to his forewings. Therefore so called the Orange tip butterfly. It can be found across Europe.

Butterfly stamps of Isle of Man

The stamp series depicted 5 species of butterfly, Argynnis aglaja, Cynthia cardui, Celastrina argiolus, Vanessa atalanta, and Inachis io. These stamps have issued by the Postal Administration of Isle of Man on 1993.

Argynnis aglaja is not exactly rare in the UK it is quite widespread throughout the UK occurring in a variety of habitats, e.g. moorland, downland, woodland, coast etc.Very fast flying.The common named is Dark Green Fritillary.

Cynthia Cardui is species of the Nymphalidae family, found from North Africa to Nothern Europe. The common named is Painted Lady.

Celastrina Argiolus is a butterfly that belongs to the Lycaenids family and is native to Eurasia and North America.The common named is Holly Blue.

Vanessa Atalanta is is a well-known colourful butterfly, found in temperate Europe, Asia and North America. The species is resident only in warmer areas, but migrates north in spring, and sometimes again in autumn.The common named is Red Admiral , has a two-inch (45–50 mm) wing span.

Inachis Io is a colourful butterfly, found in Europe, temperate Asia as far east as Japan.The common named is the European Peacock butterfly and resident in much of its range, often wintering in buildings or trees.

Themone Pais on stamps

Themone pais is one species of riodinid butterfly.The riodinids are a diverse group of small-bodied butterflies that show analmost entirely neotropical distribution.

This souvenir sheet part of butterflies series have issued by St Vincent and The Grenadines on 1996.

Adelpha Abia on stamp

Adelpha abia, one genus of Adelpha in the Nymphalidae family.The Nymphalidae is widespread species of butterflies and distributed throughout most of the world. They are medium sized to large butterflies. Most species have a reduced pair of forelegs and many hold their colourful wings flat when resting. They are also called brush-footed butterflies or four-footed butterflies. Many species are brightly colored and include popular species such as the emperor, admirals, tortoiseshells and fritillaries.

Butterflies of St. Vincent and The Grenadines

This mini sheet part of series has been issued by St. Vincent and the Grenadines on 1996.
The sheet is depicted 9 species of butterfly with beautiful background orchid flower. The species are depicted (from top to bottom, left to right direction) Papilio lycophron, Prepona buckleyana, Parides agavus, papilio cacicus, Euryades duponchelli, Diathria dymena, Orimba jansoni, Polystichia siaka, and Papilio machaonides.

Butterfly of St Vincent and The Grenadines

The four species of butterflies, Anteos menippe, Eunica alcmena, Doxocopa lavinia,Tithorea tarricina has depicted on the St Vincent and The Grenadines's stamps.This stamp was issued on 1996 as single series part of butterflies series one mini sheet and 2 souvenirsheet

Anteos menippe is one species of genus of Pieridae butterfly commonly called as angled-sulphur.
Eunica alcmena is genus of nymphalid butterfly and found in the Neotropical ecozone.
Doxocopa lavinia is a genus of neotropical butterfly in the family of Nymphalidae.
Tithorea tarricina is a genus of the Nymphalidae family. They are highly variable and have many distinctive identification, large size, broad wing and many spot

Jersey at Singapore 95

The Scarlet Mormon (Papilio rumanzovia) is a butterfly of the Papilionidae family. It is found in the Philippines, but has been recorded as a vagrant to southern Taiwan. The wingspan is 120–140 mm.

The Common Birdwing, Troides helena , is a beautiful and large butterfly belonging to the Swallowtail (Papilionidae family). It is often found in the wildlife trade due to its popularity with butterfly collectors. The butterfly has seventeen subspecies. It is the largest butterfly to be found in India. It is widely distributed and locally common in forest areas.
It is found in Nepal, India, Bangladesh, Myanmar, peninsular and eastern Malaysia, Indonesia, Laos, Kampuchea, Thailand, Vietnam, southern China including Hainan, and Hong Kong.

Papilionidae - Butterflies of Jamaica

Colia Eurytheme on Saint Vincent and the Grenadines stamp

Colias eurytheme or The Orange Sulphur, also known as the Alfalfa Butterfly and in its larval stage as Alfalfa Caterpillar, is a butterfly of the family Pieridae, where it belongs to the "yellows and sulphurs" subfamily Coliadinae. It is found throughout North America from southern Canada to Mexico, but is absent from the central and southeastern USA.
Colias eurytheme belongs to a lowland group of clouded yellows, Colias. The Orange Sulphur's caterpillars feed off various species in the pea family (Fabaceae) and are usually only found feeding at night. Occasionally this species multiplies to high numbers, and can become a serious pest to Alfalfa (Medicago sativa) crops.

Everes comyntas on Saint Vincent and the Grenadines stamps

Everes comyntas or the Eastern Tailed-blue (Cupido comyntas) is a common butterfly of eastern North America. Males are generally blue on the upper side of their wings while females are lighter blue to brown or charcoal in colouring, but there are also varieties of purple and pink found in both sexes. The underside coloration ranges from bluish-white to tan. The butterfly is 21 to 29 mm wide with wings outstretched and slightly shorter in length. Eastern Tailed-blue butterflies feed on various legumes and are known to secrete a substance which is favoured by some ant species.

Clouded Yellow on Sierra Leone stamps

Colias croceus is a small butterfly of the Pieridae family, that is, the Yellows and Whites. In India and nearby regions it is known as the Dark Clouded Yellow or Common Clouded Yellow to distinguish it from the other species of clouded yellows occurring there; elsewhere it is often simply known as "the clouded yellow” .The Common Clouded Yellow's breeding range is North Africa and southern Europe and eastwards through Turkey into the Middle East but it occurs throughout much of Europe as a summer migrant

Scarfce Swallowtail on Sierra Leone stamp

The Scarce Swallowtail (Iphiclides podalirius) is a butterfly found in gardens, fields and open woodlands. It is found in places with sloe thickets and particularly orchards. It is also called Sail Swallowtail or Pear-tree Swallowtail. It is widespread throughout Europe with the exception of the northern parts.
In some years the Scarce Swallowtail is quite abundant. The Scarce Swallowtail is getting rarer as the blackthorn bushes are being cleared; and it is now protected in some central European countries. It is protected by law in Czech republic, Slovakia, Germany, Hungary, Luxembourg and Poland. It is considered Rare-Endangered and protected in some provinces of Austria and of status Indeterminate throughout Europe.

Papilio Polyxenses on Tanzania stamp

Papilio polyxenes or Black Swallowtails are a fairly common but very pretty butterfly with a wingspan of about a 8 to 11 cm (3.1 to 4.3 in). The Black Swallowtail (Papilio polyxenes) also called the American Swallowtail or Parsnip Swallowtail, is a butterfly found throughout much of North America. They are easy to attract to host plants to lay eggs, and the caterpillars are easy to rise also.

The upper surface of the wings is mostly black. On the inner edge of hindwing is a black spot centered in larger orange spot. A male of this species has a yellow band near edge of wings; a female has row of yellow spots. The hindwing of the female has an iridescent blue band. It is the state butterfly of Oklahoma. The Black Swallowtail caterpillar has an orange "forked gland", called the osmeterium. When in danger the osmeterium, which looks like a snake's tongue, everts and releases a foul smell to repel predators.

The Painted Lady

Vanessa cardui or The Painted Lady is a well-known colourful butterfly, It is one of the most widespread of all butterflies, found on every continent except Antarctica and South America. The species is resident only in warmer areas, but migrates in spring, and sometimes again in autumn. The Painted Lady is found almost anywhere, but they tend to inhabit brightly lighted and open environments. They prefer clover fields, flowery meadows and hilly country. Marshes, dunes, and thorn scrubs also attract the Painted Lady.

The Painted Lady has a pointed forewing which bears a distinct white bar. The hindwing has a submarginal row of 5 tiny black dots. The upper side of the freshly emerged butterfly is orange with rose-like overtones. The underside is a mottled gray, brown, and black.

Excited butterflies from Greanda

Four species of butterflies depicted on Grenada stamps, Marpesia eleuchea bahamaensis, Dryas julia framptoni, Pterourus palaedes, and Hypna clytemnestra iphegenia.

Swallowtail butterflies in Africa.

Swallowtail butterflies, being large, colourful, and attractive, as the most interested butterflies in the world,have been the target of butterfly collectors in earlier times.
Sierra Leone souvenir sheet depicted these butterflies, i.e: Citrus Swallowtail, Mocker Swallowtail, African Giant Swallowtail and Blue Swallowtail, as the Aftican Swallow butterflies.

Citrus Swallowtail or Papilio demodocus, is a large swallowtail butterfly common to sub-Saharan Africa. It is a pest species, the caterpillar feeding on citrus trees.

Mocker Swallowtail or Papilio dardanus (the African Swallowtail, or Flying Handkerchief), is a species of butterfly in the family Papilionidae (the Swallowtails). The species is broadly distributed throughout sub-Saharan Africa.

African Giant Swallowtail or Papilio antimachus is a butterfly in the family Papilionidae. It has a wingspan of between 180 and 230 millimeters (7 to 9 inches) and is the largest butterfly in Africa. Papilio antimachus live in the tropical rain forests of Central Africa. The butterfly has no natural enemies because it is very toxic, perhaps the most toxic of all butterflies.

Papilio zalmoxis or Giant Blue Swallowtail is the 2nd largest butterfly in all of Africa. This species has specific blue colour.

Danaus Genutia on the butterfly shaped stamp

What a wonderful butterfly shaped stamp. Danaus Genutia, as featured on the specific shaped stamp was issued in two condition i.e: perforated and imperforated by Laos.

Danaus Genutia is distributed throughout India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar and extending to South East Asia and Australia. At least in the South Asian part of its range it is fairly common, locally very common. It is a strong flier and never flies rapidly or high. The butterfly ranges forth in search of its host and nectar plants.

This butterfly flies in scrub jungles, fallow land adjacent to habitation, dry and moist deciduous forests, preferring areas of moderate to heavy rainfall. Also occurs in degraded hill slopes and ridges, both, bare or denuded, and, those covered with secondary growth.

The butterfly closely resembles the Monarch butterfly of the Americas. The wingspan is 75 to 95 mm. Both sexes of the butterfly have tawny wings with veins marked with broad black bands. The margins of the wings are black with two rows of white spots. The underside of the wings resembles the upper side but is paler in colouration. The male Common Tiger has a prominent black-and-white spot on the underside of the hind wing

Blue Moon Butterfly on Pitcairn island Stamp

The species as depicted on stamp of Pitcairn are Blue Moon Butterfly or Hypolimnas bolina , male at the left side and female at the right side.This stamp was issued by Pitcairn in the butterfly shaped for commemorating their participation in the Pacific Explorer 2005 World Stamp Exhibition.

The Blue Moon butterfly, also called Great Eggfly (Hypolimnas bolina) is a species of nymphalid butterfly. This species is a black-bodied butterfly with a wingspan of about 7–8½ cm and has a high degree of sexual dimorphism. The female is mimetic with multiple morphs.

They are found in Madagascar in the west, through to South and Southeast Asia, South Pacific islands (French Polynesia, Tonga, Samoa, Vanuatu) and occurs in parts of Australia, Japan and New Zealand. The species is a fairly common butterfly found in lightly wooded country, deciduous forests, thick and moist scrub and the greener parts of human habitation

Butterfly from Slovenija

Erebia calcaria, (Lorkovic's Brassy Ringlet), from the Julian Alps which straddle the borders of Austria, Italy and Slovenia. This species is mid-sized member of their genus, Erebia, with a length of 17-22 mm. They have black eyespots on their forewings. The largest eyespots are placed, two on each side, near the wingtip, and have a white dot in the centre; they are surrounded by a copper-colour patch that is lighter than the blackish-brown upper wings. This species has found it easy to adapt to arid and especially cold conditions like high-altitude lands, forest clearings or high latitude and tundra.

Butterflies of Japan

Parnassius eversmanni or Eversmann's Parnassian is a high altitude butterfly which is found in East Russia, Mongolia, Japan and Alaska. It is a member of the Snow Apollo genus Parnassius of the Swallowtail (Papilionidae) family. The species was named to honour Eduard Friedrich Eversmann.

The Orange Tip (Anthocharis cardamines) is a butterfly in the Pieridine family. The given named because of the male's bright orange tips to his forewings. The males are a common sight in spring flying along hedgerows and damp meadows in search of the more reclusive female which lacks the orange. Some Orange Tip may be confused with moths. It is found across Europe, and eastwards into temperate Asia as far as Japan. The past 30 years has seen a rapid increase in the range of the Orange Tip in the UK particularly in Scotland and Ireland, probably in response to climate change.

The Chestnut Tiger (Parantica sita) is a butterfly found in India that belongs to the Crows and Tigers, that is, the Danaid group of the Brush-footed butterflies’ family. Its distributed along the Himalayas and into the Malayan region. N. Pakistan, Kashmir, N.India, Sikkim, Tibet, China, Korea, Japan, Malaya, Ussuri, Sakhalin, Indo-china. Wings elongated. Upperside of fore wing black or fuliginous is black, with the following bluish-white subhyaline markings. Antennae black; head and thorax black, spotted with white; abdomen from brown to bright ochraceous, beneath whitish.

Sasakia charonda, the Great purple emperor, is a species of butterflies in the family Nymphalidae. Wingspan of male: 50mm, female: 65 mm. Ranged distribution are Japan (from Hokkaido to Kyushu), Korean Peninsula, China, Northern Taiwan, and Northern Vietnam. This species is known as the national butterfly of Japan. Sasakia charonda is common in the forest. Adults feed on honey- dew.

Butterfly of Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone issued stamp series of butterfly in two mini-sheets and depicted the African butterflies.The above pictures one of the stamp series. This is vivid coloured stamp shown how is a fascinate butterflies fly between the flowers.

The Blue Diadem (Hypolimnas salmacis) is a butterfly of the Afrotropic ecozone (Africa). The distribution extend from Senegal to Ethiopia and from Congo to Somalia.The wingspan is about 8.0 – 9.0 cm. The Blue Diadem is a member of the family NYMPHALIDAE. The butterfly is black, but it has white and blue areas on the wing.The female is bigger than the male. The female is a little bit yellowish.