[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":786},["ShallowReactive",2],{"species_en:\u002Fvidy-babochek\u002Fvidy\u002Fatkas-atlas":3,"alt-locale:species_en:\u002Fvidy-babochek\u002Fvidy\u002Fatkas-atlas":293,"section-listing:disabled":331,"section-listing:species_en:\u002Fvidy-babochek\u002Fvidy":332,"related-covers:en:\u002Fvidy-babochek\u002Fvidy\u002Fpticekrylka-aleksandry|\u002Fvidy-babochek\u002Fvidy\u002Fpticekrylka-priam|\u002Fvidy-babochek\u002Fvidy\u002Fmorfo-peleid":742,"related-covers:en:\u002Fentsiklopediya\u002Fevolyuciya-babochek|\u002Fatlas\u002Faziya\u002Fmjanmar|\u002Fatlas\u002Faziya\u002Fmalajziya|\u002Fvidy-babochek\u002Fvidy\u002Fpticekrylka-priam":749,"section-listing:species_en:\u002Fvidy-babochek":757},{"id":4,"title":5,"body":6,"conservationStatus":268,"coverImage":269,"description":270,"extension":271,"family":272,"familySlug":273,"faq":274,"hostPlants":284,"imagePrompt":290,"latinName":291,"meta":292,"navigation":293,"order":294,"pageType":295,"path":296,"publishedAt":297,"readingMinutes":255,"relatedLinks":298,"relatedSpecies":315,"season":323,"seo":324,"sitemap":327,"stem":328,"tags":294,"updatedAt":294,"wingspanMm":329,"__hash__":330},"species_en\u002Fvidy-babochek\u002Fvidy\u002Fatkas-atlas.md","Atlas Moth",{"type":7,"value":8,"toc":253},"minimark",[9,14,23,33,43,53,63,67,74,96,103,107,112,119,138,145,149,156,163,170,174,185,191,195,198,205,209,224,231,235,238],[10,11,13],"h2",{"id":12},"appearance","Appearance",[15,16,17,18,22],"p",{},"The atlas moth is an overwhelming insect. A large female with wings fully spread covers an area greater than a human hand — the ",[19,20,21],"strong",{},"wingspan reaches 250–300 mm (25–30 cm)",", and the wings themselves are broad and deeply lobed, maximising surface area. The total wing area can exceed 400 cm² in large individuals.",[15,24,25,28,29,32],{},[19,26,27],{},"Colouration:"," The wings are a complex patchwork of ",[19,30,31],{},"warm chestnut-brown, russet, ochre, white, and deep maroon",", arranged in geometric bands that flow across both forewings and hindwings continuously. The overall effect is rich and intricate rather than gaudy — patterned to suggest bark texture when the wings are folded slightly.",[15,34,35,38,39,42],{},[19,36,37],{},"Translucent windows:"," Each wing carries a ",[19,40,41],{},"triangular translucent patch"," (the \"window\") near its centre — an area where the wing scales are absent and the wing membrane itself is clear, like glass. Four such windows, one per wing, catch and transmit light in a way that may disrupt the outline of the moth to predators. These windows are a signature feature of the atlas moth and several relatives in the Saturniidae.",[15,44,45,48,49,52],{},[19,46,47],{},"Snake-head wing tips:"," The forewing apex is extended into a ",[19,50,51],{},"curved, hook-like lobe"," with a pattern that mimics a snake's head with remarkable fidelity — the curve suggests a jaw, brown-on-white scaling imitates snake skin texture, and a dark spot suggests an eye. Each of the four wing tips carries this pattern. At rest, the moth appears to be surrounded by four small snake heads; when disturbed, it waves its wings slowly, animating the illusion.",[15,54,55,58,59,62],{},[19,56,57],{},"Sexual dimorphism:"," Females are substantially larger than males and have a larger, rounder abdomen packed with eggs. Males are immediately distinguished by their ",[19,60,61],{},"large, highly plumose (feathery) antennae",", which are the sense organs for detecting female pheromones.",[10,64,66],{"id":65},"range-and-habitat","Range and habitat",[15,68,69,70,73],{},"The atlas moth is distributed across ",[19,71,72],{},"South and Southeast Asia",":",[75,76,77,84,90],"ul",{},[78,79,80,83],"li",{},[19,81,82],{},"Indian subcontinent",": peninsular India, Sri Lanka (common in lowland wet zone)",[78,85,86,89],{},[19,87,88],{},"China",": Yunnan, Guangdong, Taiwan (where it is particularly well-known culturally)",[78,91,92,95],{},[19,93,94],{},"Southeast Asia",": throughout Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia, Malaysia, Indonesia (Sumatra, Java, Borneo, Sulawesi), the Philippines",[15,97,98,99,102],{},"The species is found primarily in ",[19,100,101],{},"tropical and subtropical forest"," from sea level to approximately 1,500 m. It favours areas with tall trees providing ample larval host plants and sheltered roosting sites for the large, unwieldy adults. It is also found in secondary forest, forest edge, and occasionally in gardens and parks in lowland urban areas when host plants are present.",[10,104,106],{"id":105},"life-cycle","Life cycle",[108,109,111],"h3",{"id":110},"eggs-and-larvae","Eggs and larvae",[15,113,114,115,118],{},"The female lays ",[19,116,117],{},"200–400 eggs"," on the underside of leaves of the host plant over the course of her brief adult life. Eggs are spherical, pale, and slightly sticky, attached singly or in small groups. They hatch in approximately 2 weeks.",[15,120,121,124,125,128,129,132,133,137],{},[19,122,123],{},"Caterpillars"," are large, pale blue-green when young, becoming progressively yellower and more robust through five instars. Fully grown fifth-instar caterpillars are ",[19,126,127],{},"massive — up to 10 cm long"," — and striking: a pale green body is coated with waxy white powder (pruinose) that gives a frosted appearance. Prominent ",[19,130,131],{},"tubercles"," (spike-like protuberances) line the back and sides. The caterpillar feeds voraciously on the leaves of a wide range of woody plants, including cinnamon, citrus, ",[134,135,136],"em",{},"Ailanthus",", privet, and many others; it is polyphagous across dozens of host plant families.",[15,139,140,141,144],{},"Larval development takes ",[19,142,143],{},"2–3 months",", during which the caterpillar accumulates all the reserves that will sustain it through its entire adult life.",[108,146,148],{"id":147},"pupa-and-cocoon","Pupa and cocoon",[15,150,151,152,155],{},"The atlas moth produces a ",[19,153,154],{},"distinctive silk cocoon"," of considerable size — up to 10 cm long and shaped like a hanging teardrop or purse. The silk is brown or golden-brown and very strong. Uniquely, the cocoon is left partially open at the top — a hanging funnel or \"sleeve\" — which the adult moth can exit easily on emergence without being trapped.",[15,157,158,159,162],{},"In Taiwan, the tough, naturally open-ended cocoons have traditionally been used as ",[19,160,161],{},"small purses or coin pouches",", taking advantage of the natural opening as a functional closure. The purse-making tradition using atlas moth cocoons is documented in Taiwan's Atayal indigenous culture.",[15,164,165,166,169],{},"The ",[19,167,168],{},"pupal stage"," lasts 3–4 weeks under warm conditions; in cooler or drier conditions, diapause can extend this period substantially.",[108,171,173],{"id":172},"adults","Adults",[15,175,176,177,180,181,184],{},"Adults emerge, mate, and die within ",[19,178,179],{},"one to two weeks",". They are primarily ",[19,182,183],{},"nocturnal",", flying at night, but are commonly found resting during the day on tree trunks, walls, or foliage. Despite their enormous size, they are weak fliers relative to their wing area — they lack the powerful thoracic musculature of fast-flying moths — and are more given to gliding and slow, directional flight than to rapid manoeuvring.",[15,186,187,190],{},[19,188,189],{},"Male pheromone detection:"," The male's exceptionally large, bipectinate (doubly-feathered) antennae carry thousands of chemoreceptor cells sensitive to the specific pheromone cocktail produced by the female. Males can detect a single female from distances of several kilometres in still air.",[10,192,194],{"id":193},"snake-head-mimicry","Snake-head mimicry",[15,196,197],{},"The wing-tip mimicry of the atlas moth has attracted considerable scientific attention. Experiments placing atlas moths in cages with potential avian predators showed that the snake-head presentation caused hesitation and avoidance behaviour in naive (previously inexperienced) birds, suggesting that the mimicry does not require prior experience of snakes to be effective — possibly because certain visual configurations (curved, patterned with a central dark spot) trigger innate predator-avoidance responses in birds.",[15,199,200,201,204],{},"When handled or disturbed at rest, the atlas moth characteristically ",[19,202,203],{},"drops to the ground, spreads its wings to their fullest extent, and performs slow rhythmic wing movements"," that further animate the four snake-head patterns. This is the classic \"wing-waving\" display documented in Saturniidae with mimetic wing tips.",[10,206,208],{"id":207},"cultural-significance","Cultural significance",[15,210,211,212,215,216,219,220,223],{},"In ",[19,213,214],{},"Taiwan",", the atlas moth (",[134,217,218],{},"liugui tiancan"," in Mandarin) is one of the most recognisable and culturally significant insects. Its silk is collected for traditional crafts; its enormous size makes it a frequent subject of nature documentaries and science education programmes. The moth is also the origin of the vernacular Chinese name for the Atlas Mountains — the Chinese word ",[134,221,222],{},"atejisi"," used as a transliteration of \"atlas\" coincidentally resembles the Chinese name for the moth, creating an etymological curiosity.",[15,225,226,227,230],{},"In parts of ",[19,228,229],{},"rural India and Southeast Asia",", large Saturniidae cocoons are collected for their silk (an alternative to mulberry silk), and the pupae are eaten as a protein-rich food. The atlas moth's large cocoon makes it particularly valued for both purposes.",[10,232,234],{"id":233},"conservation","Conservation",[15,236,237],{},"The atlas moth has no global IUCN assessment (NE). It is widespread and not generally considered threatened — it is widespread, occurs in multiple protected and unprotected forests throughout its range, and is not known to be in decline at a population level. Its polyphagous caterpillars and tolerance of secondary forest mean it persists in degraded habitats where obligate forest specialists have been lost.",[15,239,240,241,244,245,248,249,252],{},"Localised populations may face pressure from ",[19,242,243],{},"deforestation"," (reducing tall-forest roosting and larval host availability) and from ",[19,246,247],{},"collection for the live insect trade and display market"," — large, showy Saturniidae are among the most commercially traded Lepidoptera globally. However, the broad range and ecological flexibility of ",[134,250,251],{},"A. atlas"," mean these pressures do not currently constitute a species-level threat.",{"title":254,"searchDepth":255,"depth":255,"links":256},"",2,[257,258,259,265,266,267],{"id":12,"depth":255,"text":13},{"id":65,"depth":255,"text":66},{"id":105,"depth":255,"text":106,"children":260},[261,263,264],{"id":110,"depth":262,"text":111},3,{"id":147,"depth":262,"text":148},{"id":172,"depth":262,"text":173},{"id":193,"depth":255,"text":194},{"id":207,"depth":255,"text":208},{"id":233,"depth":255,"text":234},"NE","\u002Fimages\u002Fvidy-babochek\u002Fvidy\u002Fatkas-atlas.png","The atlas moth (Attacus atlas) — the largest moth by wing area, up to 30cm, with snake-head wingtips. Adults don't feed, live on larval fat reserves.","md","Saturniidae","saturniidae",[275,278,281],{"q":276,"a":277},"Is the atlas moth really the largest moth in the world?","The atlas moth (Attacus atlas) holds the record for the largest total wing surface area of any Lepidoptera — calculated by multiplying wingspan by wing width, its wings can cover more than 400 cm². The white witch moth (Thysania agrippina) of South America can exceed the atlas moth in raw wingspan (sometimes exceeding 30 cm tip to tip), but its wings are narrower, so its surface area is smaller. The Hercules moth (Coscinocerca hercules) of northern Australia and New Guinea rivals the atlas moth in both surface area and wingspan. These three species are frequently and legitimately described as the world's largest moths depending on which measurement is used.",{"q":279,"a":280},"How long does an atlas moth live?","Adult atlas moths have no functional mouthparts — their proboscis is reduced to a vestigial stub and cannot be used to feed. Adults are entirely incapable of eating or drinking. They survive on fat reserves accumulated during the caterpillar stage, which typically lasts 2–3 months, and live for only approximately one to two weeks as adults — just long enough to find a mate, reproduce, and die. The female releases powerful pheromones detectable by the male's enormous, feathery antennae from distances of several kilometres. The male's antennae are visibly larger and more plumose than the female's, an adaptation for detecting these airborne chemical signals.",{"q":282,"a":283},"What do the wing tips of the atlas moth look like?","The forewing tip of the atlas moth is extended and curved, with patterning that closely resembles the head of a snake — including a 'scale' texture, a suggestion of an eye, and a 'tongue' marking. This snake-head mimicry is one of the most dramatic examples of predator mimicry in the insect world. When the moth rests with its wings spread, the four wing tips each present a convincing snake-head image, creating the impression of four snakes surrounding the moth's body. When disturbed, the moth drops to the ground and slowly waves its wings, making the snake-head motion more convincing. The effect is apparently sufficient to deter many bird and lizard predators.",[285,286,287,288,289],"Cinnamon (Cinnamomum verum)","Citrus species (Citrus spp.)","Ailanthus (Ailanthus altissima)","Privet (Ligustrum spp.)","Tree of heaven and many other woody plants","Photorealistic macro photography, Attacus atlas atlas moth with enormous richly patterned wings spread open showing warm brown, chestnut, and white eyespots with translucent triangular wing windows, resting on rough tree bark in tropical forest, dramatic low sidelight, 16:9","Attacus atlas",{},true,null,"species","\u002Fvidy-babochek\u002Fvidy\u002Fatkas-atlas","20.09.2026",[299,303,307,311],{"label":300,"path":301,"description":302},"Evolution of butterflies and moths","\u002Fentsiklopediya\u002Fevolyuciya-babochek","The 150-million-year history of Lepidoptera",{"label":304,"path":305,"description":306},"Butterflies of Myanmar","\u002Fatlas\u002Faziya\u002Fmjanmar","Southeast Asian butterfly atlas including giant Lepidoptera",{"label":308,"path":309,"description":310},"Butterflies of Malaysia","\u002Fatlas\u002Faziya\u002Fmalajziya","Malaysia — atlas moth heartland",{"label":312,"path":313,"description":314},"Priam's Birdwing","\u002Fvidy-babochek\u002Fvidy\u002Fpticekrylka-priam","The world's largest butterfly",[316,319,320],{"label":317,"path":318},"Queen Alexandra's Birdwing","\u002Fvidy-babochek\u002Fvidy\u002Fpticekrylka-aleksandry",{"label":312,"path":313},{"label":321,"path":322},"Peleides Blue Morpho","\u002Fvidy-babochek\u002Fvidy\u002Fmorfo-peleid","Year-round (varies by region)",{"title":325,"description":326},"Atlas Moth (Attacus atlas) — World's Largest Moth, Snake-Head Wings, No Mouthparts","Atlas moth facts: 250–300 mm wingspan, world's largest wing surface area, snake-head mimicry wing tips, no functional mouthparts, Southeast Asian rainforest. Identification, life cycle, biology.",{"loc":296},"vidy-babochek\u002Fvidy\u002Fatkas-atlas","250–300","DBpGRWYv3I0FY74pUO3VxxsVM_p7-2IWFQw-WZAtnb8",[],[333,339,344,349,350,356,362,367,373,378,384,390,396,401,406,411,417,422,428,433,439,444,449,455,460,465,470,476,481,486,491,496,501,506,511,516,521,526,531,536,542,547,553,558,563,568,573,579,585,590,595,600,605,610,616,620,626,631,635,640,645,648,653,659,664,669,674,679,684,690,695,700,705,710,715,720,725,731,736],{"title":334,"description":335,"path":336,"coverImage":337,"publishedAt":338,"order":294},"Amanda's Blue","Amanda's blue is a large blue with vivid blue wings. Males are intense blue without orange lunules, unlike most related species.","\u002Fvidy-babochek\u002Fvidy\u002Fgolubyanka-amanda","\u002Fimages\u002Fvidy-babochek\u002Fvidy\u002Fgolubyanka-amanda.jpg","01.05.2026",{"title":340,"description":341,"path":342,"coverImage":343,"publishedAt":338,"order":294},"Apollo","The Apollo is a large mountain butterfly with semi-transparent white wings and red \"eyespots.\" A protected species listed in the Red Data Book of Russia.","\u002Fvidy-babochek\u002Fvidy\u002Fapollo","\u002Fimages\u002Fvidy-babochek\u002Fvidy\u002Fapollo.jpg",{"title":345,"description":346,"path":347,"coverImage":348,"publishedAt":338,"order":294},"Arran Brown","The Arran brown is a dark brown butterfly of forest edges with characteristic eyespots. A typical member of the genus *Erebia*.","\u002Fvidy-babochek\u002Fvidy\u002Fchernushka","\u002Fimages\u002Fvidy-babochek\u002Fvidy\u002Fchernushka.jpg",{"title":5,"description":270,"path":296,"coverImage":269,"publishedAt":297,"order":294},{"title":351,"description":352,"path":353,"coverImage":354,"publishedAt":355,"order":294},"Bhutan Glory","The Bhutan Glory is a spectacular Himalayan swallowtail with iridescent tails, found in cool forests of Nepal, Bhutan, and northeast India.","\u002Fvidy-babochek\u002Fvidy\u002Fbutanitis-lidderdeylya","\u002Fimages\u002Fvidy-babochek\u002Fvidy\u002Fbutanitis-lidderdeylya.png","25.07.2026",{"title":357,"description":358,"path":359,"coverImage":360,"publishedAt":361,"order":294},"Black Hairstreak","The Black Hairstreak is one of Europe's most localised butterflies, tied to blackthorn in woodland edges. Its short June–July season makes it easy to miss.","\u002Fvidy-babochek\u002Fvidy\u002Fhvostanka-slivovaya","\u002Fimages\u002Fvidy-babochek\u002Fvidy\u002Fhvostanka-slivovaya.png","23.06.2026",{"title":363,"description":364,"path":365,"coverImage":366,"publishedAt":338,"order":294},"Black-veined White","The black-veined white is a large white butterfly with dark wing veins, whose caterpillars overwinter in colonies and strip fruit-tree leaves in spring.","\u002Fvidy-babochek\u002Fvidy\u002Fboyaryshnitsa","\u002Fimages\u002Fvidy-babochek\u002Fvidy\u002Fboyaryshnitsa.jpg",{"title":368,"description":369,"path":370,"coverImage":371,"publishedAt":372,"order":294},"Blue Morpho","The blue morpho is a tropical butterfly with metallic-blue wings up to 130 mm across. Its iridescent sheen comes from nanostructure, not pigment.","\u002Fvidy-babochek\u002Fvidy\u002Fmorfo-sinij","\u002Fimages\u002Fvidy-babochek\u002Fvidy\u002Fmorfo-sinij.jpg","24.06.2026",{"title":374,"description":375,"path":376,"coverImage":377,"publishedAt":338,"order":294},"Brimstone","The brimstone is the first butterfly of spring: males bright yellow, females greenish white. It lives longer than most butterflies — up to 13 months.","\u002Fvidy-babochek\u002Fvidy\u002Flimonnitsa","\u002Fimages\u002Fvidy-babochek\u002Fvidy\u002Flimonnitsa.jpg",{"title":379,"description":380,"path":381,"coverImage":382,"publishedAt":383,"order":294},"Brown Hairstreak","The Brown Hairstreak is one of Europe's most secretive butterflies, living high in tree canopies. Its eggs on blackthorn twigs reveal it in winter.","\u002Fvidy-babochek\u002Fvidy\u002Fzefir-berezovyj","\u002Fimages\u002Fvidy-babochek\u002Fvidy\u002Fzefir-berezovyj.png","25.06.2026",{"title":385,"description":386,"path":387,"coverImage":388,"publishedAt":389,"order":294},"Cardinal","The cardinal (Argynnis pandora) is the largest Mediterranean fritillary — its hindwing underside suffused with crimson, giving the species its English name.","\u002Fvidy-babochek\u002Fvidy\u002Fperlamutrovka-pandora","\u002Fimages\u002Fvidy-babochek\u002Fvidy\u002Fperlamutrovka-pandora.png","12.08.2026",{"title":391,"description":392,"path":393,"coverImage":394,"publishedAt":395,"order":294},"Claudina Agrias","The Claudina agrias (Agrias claudina) is among the most spectacular Amazon butterflies — scarlet-and-blue wings flash in the canopy, camouflaged below.","\u002Fvidy-babochek\u002Fvidy\u002Fagrias-klaudina","\u002Fimages\u002Fvidy-babochek\u002Fvidy\u002Fagrias-klaudina.png","21.08.2026",{"title":397,"description":398,"path":399,"coverImage":400,"publishedAt":338,"order":294},"Cleopatra","Cleopatra is a large butterfly of southern Russia and the Mediterranean. Males have a bright orange patch on the forewing — the most vivid of the brimstones.","\u002Fvidy-babochek\u002Fvidy\u002Fzheltushka-kleopatra","\u002Fimages\u002Fvidy-babochek\u002Fvidy\u002Fzheltushka-kleopatra.jpg",{"title":402,"description":403,"path":404,"coverImage":405,"publishedAt":338,"order":294},"Clouded Apollo","The clouded Apollo is a rare mountain butterfly with white semi-transparent wings and black spots. Listed in Red Data Books of many regions of Russia.","\u002Fvidy-babochek\u002Fvidy\u002Fmnemozina","\u002Fimages\u002Fvidy-babochek\u002Fvidy\u002Fmnemozina.jpg",{"title":407,"description":408,"path":409,"coverImage":410,"publishedAt":338,"order":294},"Comma","The comma is a butterfly with uneven, 'ragged' wing margins. On the underside of the hindwings is a white mark shaped like a comma — its second common name.","\u002Fvidy-babochek\u002Fvidy\u002Fugolnitsa","\u002Fimages\u002Fvidy-babochek\u002Fvidy\u002Fugolnitsa.jpg",{"title":412,"description":413,"path":414,"coverImage":415,"publishedAt":416,"order":294},"Common Birdwing","The Common Birdwing is one of the most widespread true birdwings, giant iridescent swallowtails found from South Asia to the western Pacific.","\u002Fvidy-babochek\u002Fvidy\u002Fpticekrylka-elena","\u002Fimages\u002Fvidy-babochek\u002Fvidy\u002Fpticekrylka-elena.png","20.07.2026",{"title":418,"description":419,"path":420,"coverImage":421,"publishedAt":338,"order":294},"Common Blue","The common blue is one of the most widespread blues of the temperate zone and Eurasia. Males are intensely blue, females brown. It occurs on any meadow with clover.","\u002Fvidy-babochek\u002Fvidy\u002Fgolubyanka-ikarus","\u002Fimages\u002Fvidy-babochek\u002Fvidy\u002Fgolubyanka-ikarus.jpg",{"title":423,"description":424,"path":425,"coverImage":426,"publishedAt":427,"order":294},"Damon Blue","The damon blue (Polyommatus damon) is a mountain lycaenid of dry grasslands, its male marked by sky-blue wings and a white streak on the hindwing underside.","\u002Fvidy-babochek\u002Fvidy\u002Fgolubyanka-damon","\u002Fimages\u002Fvidy-babochek\u002Fvidy\u002Fgolubyanka-damon.png","11.09.2026",{"title":429,"description":430,"path":431,"coverImage":432,"publishedAt":338,"order":294},"Dark Green Fritillary","The dark green fritillary is a meadow butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. The underside of the hindwings is dark green with silvery triangular spots.","\u002Fvidy-babochek\u002Fvidy\u002Fperlamutrovka-aglaya","\u002Fimages\u002Fvidy-babochek\u002Fvidy\u002Fperlamutrovka-aglaya.jpg",{"title":434,"description":435,"path":436,"coverImage":437,"publishedAt":438,"order":294},"Death's-head Hawkmoth","The death's-head hawkmoth is a dramatic sphingid with a skull-like thorax pattern, powerful flight, and a squeak when disturbed — a regular migrant to Europe.","\u002Fvidy-babochek\u002Fvidy\u002Fmertvaya-golova","\u002Fimages\u002Fvidy-babochek\u002Fvidy\u002Fmertvaya-golova.png","12.06.2026",{"title":440,"description":441,"path":442,"coverImage":443,"publishedAt":338,"order":294},"Dryad","The dryad is a large dark butterfly of the browns with bluish eyespots, living in floodplain forests and reed beds across Eurasia.","\u002Fvidy-babochek\u002Fvidy\u002Fsatir-driad","\u002Fimages\u002Fvidy-babochek\u002Fvidy\u002Fsatir-driad.jpg",{"title":445,"description":446,"path":447,"coverImage":448,"publishedAt":338,"order":294},"False Heath Fritillary","The false heath fritillary is a small meadow butterfly with a checkered pattern. It inhabits damp meadows with valerian — the main caterpillar host plant.","\u002Fvidy-babochek\u002Fvidy\u002Fshashechnitsa-diktinna","\u002Fimages\u002Fvidy-babochek\u002Fvidy\u002Fshashechnitsa-diktinna.jpg",{"title":450,"description":451,"path":452,"coverImage":453,"publishedAt":454,"order":294},"Garden Tiger Moth","The garden tiger moth (Arctia caja): brown-splashed forewings, scarlet warning hindwings. Its woolly bear caterpillar is a familiar temperate-zone larva.","\u002Fvidy-babochek\u002Fvidy\u002Fmedvedica-kaja","\u002Fimages\u002Fvidy-babochek\u002Fvidy\u002Fmedvedica-kaja.png","08.10.2026",{"title":456,"description":457,"path":458,"coverImage":459,"publishedAt":338,"order":294},"Glanville Fritillary","The Glanville fritillary is a small butterfly with a checkered pattern of reddish and black patches — a classic subject of population ecology research.","\u002Fvidy-babochek\u002Fvidy\u002Fshashechnitsa-cinxia","\u002Fimages\u002Fvidy-babochek\u002Fvidy\u002Fshashechnitsa-cinxia.jpg",{"title":461,"description":462,"path":463,"coverImage":464,"publishedAt":372,"order":294},"Glasswing Butterfly","The glasswing butterfly Greta oto is a nymphalid with transparent wings lacking scales in the center — a master of camouflage in Central American forests.","\u002Fvidy-babochek\u002Fvidy\u002Fsteklyannaya-babochka","\u002Fimages\u002Fvidy-babochek\u002Fvidy\u002Fsteklyannaya-babochka.jpg",{"title":466,"description":467,"path":468,"coverImage":469,"publishedAt":338,"order":294},"Grayling","The grayling is a large brown of rocky and sandy places. A master of camouflage: on stone or bark it is almost invisible.","\u002Fvidy-babochek\u002Fvidy\u002Fsatir-semele","\u002Fimages\u002Fvidy-babochek\u002Fvidy\u002Fsatir-semele.jpg",{"title":471,"description":472,"path":473,"coverImage":474,"publishedAt":475,"order":294},"Great Peacock Moth","The great peacock moth is Europe's largest nocturnal moth — a saturniid with a wingspan up to 15 cm, striking eyespots, and antennae detecting females afar.","\u002Fvidy-babochek\u002Fvidy\u002Fbolshoj-pavlinij-glaz","\u002Fimages\u002Fvidy-babochek\u002Fvidy\u002Fbolshoj-pavlinij-glaz.png","29.05.2026",{"title":477,"description":478,"path":479,"coverImage":480,"publishedAt":338,"order":294},"Green Hairstreak","The green hairstreak is a small blue with bright emerald-green undersides. Widespread in Europe and Asia, it lives on edges and rough ground.","\u002Fvidy-babochek\u002Fvidy\u002Fbronzovka","\u002Fimages\u002Fvidy-babochek\u002Fvidy\u002Fbronzovka.jpg",{"title":482,"description":483,"path":484,"coverImage":485,"publishedAt":338,"order":294},"Green-underside Blue","The green-underside blue is a small spring blue. The underside of the hindwings is bright green with white-ringed spots, making it easy to identify.","\u002Fvidy-babochek\u002Fvidy\u002Fgolubyanka-aleksis","\u002Fimages\u002Fvidy-babochek\u002Fvidy\u002Fgolubyanka-aleksis.jpg",{"title":487,"description":488,"path":489,"coverImage":490,"publishedAt":338,"order":294},"Green-veined White","The green-veined white is a small white with characteristic green veins on the underside of the hindwings. The most common of the three \"garden whites.\"","\u002Fvidy-babochek\u002Fvidy\u002Fbryukvennitsa","\u002Fimages\u002Fvidy-babochek\u002Fvidy\u002Fbryukvennitsa.jpg",{"title":492,"description":493,"path":494,"coverImage":495,"publishedAt":372,"order":294},"Heliconius Melpomene","Heliconius melpomene is a tropical nymphalid with red-and-black wings, a classic example of Müllerian mimicry, inhabiting Central and South American forests.","\u002Fvidy-babochek\u002Fvidy\u002Fgelikoniya-melpomena","\u002Fimages\u002Fvidy-babochek\u002Fvidy\u002Fgelikoniya-melpomena.jpg",{"title":497,"description":498,"path":499,"coverImage":500,"publishedAt":338,"order":294},"Hercules Grayling","The Hercules grayling is a large mountain brown. It is close to the grayling but larger and lives in more rocky, mountainous landscapes.","\u002Fvidy-babochek\u002Fvidy\u002Fsatir-gerkules","\u002Fimages\u002Fvidy-babochek\u002Fvidy\u002Fsatir-gerkules.jpg",{"title":502,"description":503,"path":504,"coverImage":505,"publishedAt":338,"order":294},"High Brown Fritillary","The high brown fritillary is a large meadow and woodland butterfly. The underside of the hindwings is green with silvery spots and reddish strokes.","\u002Fvidy-babochek\u002Fvidy\u002Fperlamutrovka-adippe","\u002Fimages\u002Fvidy-babochek\u002Fvidy\u002Fperlamutrovka-adippe.jpg",{"title":507,"description":508,"path":509,"coverImage":510,"publishedAt":338,"order":294},"Large Blue","The large blue is a big blue butterfly with an unusual life cycle: the caterpillar parasitizes colonies of red ants. A protected species.","\u002Fvidy-babochek\u002Fvidy\u002Fgolubyanka-arion","\u002Fimages\u002Fvidy-babochek\u002Fvidy\u002Fgolubyanka-arion.jpg",{"title":512,"description":513,"path":514,"coverImage":515,"publishedAt":338,"order":294},"Large Tortoiseshell","The large tortoiseshell is a nymphalid with tawny brown, variegated wings, resembling the small tortoiseshell but bigger, with different host plants.","\u002Fvidy-babochek\u002Fvidy\u002Fmnogotsvetnitsa","\u002Fimages\u002Fvidy-babochek\u002Fvidy\u002Fmnogotsvetnitsa.jpg",{"title":517,"description":518,"path":519,"coverImage":520,"publishedAt":338,"order":294},"Large White","The large white is the commonest white butterfly in gardens, whose caterpillars eat cabbage. Larger than the small white, with dark wing spots.","\u002Fvidy-babochek\u002Fvidy\u002Fkapustnitsa","\u002Fimages\u002Fvidy-babochek\u002Fvidy\u002Fkapustnitsa.jpg",{"title":522,"description":523,"path":524,"coverImage":525,"publishedAt":338,"order":294},"Lesser Purple Emperor","The lesser purple emperor is a close relative of the purple emperor. It is smaller, with a warmer reddish tint and a larger orange 'eyespot' on the hindwings.","\u002Fvidy-babochek\u002Fvidy\u002Fperelivnitsa-iliya","\u002Fimages\u002Fvidy-babochek\u002Fvidy\u002Fperelivnitsa-iliya.jpg",{"title":527,"description":528,"path":529,"coverImage":530,"publishedAt":338,"order":294},"Marbled Fritillary","The marbled fritillary (*Brenthis ino*) is a small fritillary of wet meadows. The underside of the hindwings is mottled yellow-violet with pearly spots.","\u002Fvidy-babochek\u002Fvidy\u002Fbrenthis-ino","\u002Fimages\u002Fvidy-babochek\u002Fvidy\u002Fbrenthis-ino.jpg",{"title":532,"description":533,"path":534,"coverImage":535,"publishedAt":338,"order":294},"Marbled White","The marbled white is a large black-and-white butterfly. Its bold contrast makes it one of Europe's most recognizable species.","\u002Fvidy-babochek\u002Fvidy\u002Fbarkhatnitsa-galatea","\u002Fimages\u002Fvidy-babochek\u002Fvidy\u002Fbarkhatnitsa-galatea.jpg",{"title":537,"description":538,"path":539,"coverImage":540,"publishedAt":541,"order":294},"Meadow Brown","The meadow brown is the commonest butterfly in Britain and one of Europe's most abundant, with a distinctive forewing eyespot.","\u002Fvidy-babochek\u002Fvidy\u002Fvolovij-glaz","\u002Fimages\u002Fvidy-babochek\u002Fvidy\u002Fvolovij-glaz.png","21.06.2026",{"title":543,"description":544,"path":545,"coverImage":546,"publishedAt":338,"order":294},"Meleager's Blue","Meleager's blue is a large, handsome blue. Males are bright blue with a broad dark border; the underside of the wings has a characteristic white streak.","\u002Fvidy-babochek\u002Fvidy\u002Fgolubyanka-dafnis","\u002Fimages\u002Fvidy-babochek\u002Fvidy\u002Fgolubyanka-dafnis.jpg",{"title":548,"description":549,"path":550,"coverImage":551,"publishedAt":552,"order":294},"Mocker Swallowtail","The Mocker Swallowtail is an African swallowtail famous for females with dozens of forms, each mimicking a different distasteful butterfly.","\u002Fvidy-babochek\u002Fvidy\u002Fparusnik-dardan","\u002Fimages\u002Fvidy-babochek\u002Fvidy\u002Fparusnik-dardan.png","23.07.2026",{"title":554,"description":555,"path":556,"coverImage":557,"publishedAt":372,"order":294},"Monarch","The monarch is the world's most famous migratory butterfly, covering up to 4,500 km per season, with orange wings marked by black veins and white spots.","\u002Fvidy-babochek\u002Fvidy\u002Fmonarh","\u002Fimages\u002Fvidy-babochek\u002Fvidy\u002Fmonarh.jpg",{"title":559,"description":560,"path":561,"coverImage":562,"publishedAt":338,"order":294},"Mourning Cloak","The mourning cloak is a large butterfly with dark chocolate wings bordered by a yellow band and blue spots — one of Europe's longest-lived butterflies.","\u002Fvidy-babochek\u002Fvidy\u002Ftraurnitsa","\u002Fimages\u002Fvidy-babochek\u002Fvidy\u002Ftraurnitsa.jpg",{"title":564,"description":565,"path":566,"coverImage":567,"publishedAt":338,"order":294},"Nickerl's Fritillary","Nickerl's fritillary is a small butterfly with the typical checkered nymphalid pattern, occurring on dry meadows with plantain in European Russia.","\u002Fvidy-babochek\u002Fvidy\u002Fshashechnitsa-aurelia","\u002Fimages\u002Fvidy-babochek\u002Fvidy\u002Fshashechnitsa-aurelia.jpg",{"title":569,"description":570,"path":571,"coverImage":572,"publishedAt":338,"order":294},"Old World Swallowtail","The Old World swallowtail is a large, recognizable swallowtail of the temperate zone: yellow wings, black pattern, and bright 'tails' on the hindwings.","\u002Fvidy-babochek\u002Fvidy\u002Fmahon","\u002Fimages\u002Fvidy-babochek\u002Fvidy\u002Fmahon.jpg",{"title":574,"description":575,"path":576,"coverImage":577,"publishedAt":578,"order":294},"Oleander Hawkmoth","The oleander hawkmoth is a tropical sphingid, apple-green with pink bands, hovering at dusk over oleander. A Mediterranean resident, rare vagrant to Europe.","\u002Fvidy-babochek\u002Fvidy\u002Fbraznik-oleandrovy","\u002Fimages\u002Fvidy-babochek\u002Fvidy\u002Fbraznik-oleandrovy.png","09.06.2026",{"title":580,"description":581,"path":582,"coverImage":583,"publishedAt":584,"order":294},"One-spotted Prepona","The one-spotted prepona (Archaeoprepona demophon): a powerful Amazonian butterfly with a blue-green band, bark-mimicking underside, aggressive flight.","\u002Fvidy-babochek\u002Fvidy\u002Fprepona","\u002Fimages\u002Fvidy-babochek\u002Fvidy\u002Fprepona.png","30.08.2026",{"title":586,"description":587,"path":588,"coverImage":589,"publishedAt":338,"order":294},"Orange Tip","The orange tip is an early-spring white with an orange patch on the male's forewing. One of the first pierids to appear after snow melt.","\u002Fvidy-babochek\u002Fvidy\u002Fzoryanka","\u002Fimages\u002Fvidy-babochek\u002Fvidy\u002Fzoryanka.jpg",{"title":591,"description":592,"path":593,"coverImage":594,"publishedAt":372,"order":294},"Owl Butterfly","The owl butterfly Caligo memnon is a crepuscular nymphalid with large 'owl eyes' on its wing undersides, wingspan to 150 mm, in Central and South America.","\u002Fvidy-babochek\u002Fvidy\u002Fsovinnaya-babochka","\u002Fimages\u002Fvidy-babochek\u002Fvidy\u002Fsovinnaya-babochka.jpg",{"title":596,"description":597,"path":598,"coverImage":599,"publishedAt":338,"order":294},"Painted Lady","The painted lady is one of the longest-distance migrants among butterflies. Each year it travels thousands of kilometres from Africa into Europe and temperate Eurasia across its range.","\u002Fvidy-babochek\u002Fvidy\u002Frepeynitsa","\u002Fimages\u002Fvidy-babochek\u002Fvidy\u002Frepeynitsa.jpg",{"title":601,"description":602,"path":603,"coverImage":604,"publishedAt":338,"order":294},"Pale Clouded Yellow","The pale clouded yellow is a yellow or whitish pierid. Males are lemon yellow, females often white. It lives on meadows with clover.","\u002Fvidy-babochek\u002Fvidy\u002Fzheltushka-lugovaya","\u002Fimages\u002Fvidy-babochek\u002Fvidy\u002Fzheltushka-lugovaya.jpg",{"title":606,"description":607,"path":608,"coverImage":609,"publishedAt":338,"order":294},"Peacock","The peacock is one of the most beautiful temperate-zone butterflies. Four large wing 'eyes' mimic a predator's gaze, protecting it from birds.","\u002Fvidy-babochek\u002Fvidy\u002Fpavliniy-glaz","\u002Fimages\u002Fvidy-babochek\u002Fvidy\u002Fpavliniy-glaz.jpg",{"title":611,"description":612,"path":613,"coverImage":614,"publishedAt":615,"order":294},"Pearl Heath","The pearl heath (Coenonympha arcania) is a small satyr butterfly of Central and Southern Europe, with a white postdiscal stripe and silver-ringed eyespots.","\u002Fvidy-babochek\u002Fvidy\u002Fsennitsa-arkaniya","\u002Fimages\u002Fvidy-babochek\u002Fvidy\u002Fsennitsa-arkaniya.png","04.08.2026",{"title":321,"description":617,"path":322,"coverImage":618,"publishedAt":619,"order":294},"The Peleides blue morpho is one of the largest, brightest butterflies alive — its iridescent blue wings, up to 20 cm, come from light-scattering nanostructures.","\u002Fimages\u002Fvidy-babochek\u002Fvidy\u002Fmorfo-peleid.png","10.08.2026",{"title":621,"description":622,"path":623,"coverImage":624,"publishedAt":625,"order":294},"Plain Tiger","The Plain Tiger (Danaus chrysippus) is among the world's most widely distributed butterflies, ranging from Africa to South Asia and Australia.","\u002Fvidy-babochek\u002Fvidy\u002Fdanajida-hrizipp","\u002Fimages\u002Fvidy-babochek\u002Fvidy\u002Fdanajida-hrizipp.png","16.06.2026",{"title":627,"description":628,"path":629,"coverImage":630,"publishedAt":338,"order":294},"Poplar Admiral","The poplar admiral is a large forest butterfly with dark wings and a white band. Males aggressively defend territory in tree crowns.","\u002Fvidy-babochek\u002Fvidy\u002Flentochnik-topolevyi","\u002Fimages\u002Fvidy-babochek\u002Fvidy\u002Flentochnik-topolevyi.jpg",{"title":312,"description":632,"path":313,"coverImage":633,"publishedAt":634,"order":294},"Priam's Birdwing is one of the largest, most spectacular butterflies. Males show iridescent green and black wings; larger females are brown and yellow.","\u002Fimages\u002Fvidy-babochek\u002Fvidy\u002Fpticekrylka-priam.png","05.06.2026",{"title":636,"description":637,"path":638,"coverImage":639,"publishedAt":338,"order":294},"Purple Emperor","The purple emperor is one of the most beautiful butterflies in Europe. The male's wings shimmer with violet-blue iridescence in certain light.","\u002Fvidy-babochek\u002Fvidy\u002Fperelivnitsa-iris","\u002Fimages\u002Fvidy-babochek\u002Fvidy\u002Fperelivnitsa-iris.jpg",{"title":641,"description":642,"path":643,"coverImage":644,"publishedAt":338,"order":294},"Purple Hairstreak","The purple hairstreak is a small lycaenid with emerald-green undersides, living in oak woodland across Europe, most active high in the canopy.","\u002Fvidy-babochek\u002Fvidy\u002Fzefir-dubovyi","\u002Fimages\u002Fvidy-babochek\u002Fvidy\u002Fzefir-dubovyi.jpg",{"title":317,"description":646,"path":318,"coverImage":647,"publishedAt":372,"order":294},"Queen Alexandra's birdwing is the world's largest day-flying butterfly, female wingspan up to 280 mm. Lives only in Papua New Guinea; endangered.","\u002Fimages\u002Fvidy-babochek\u002Fvidy\u002Fpticekrylka-aleksandry.jpg",{"title":649,"description":650,"path":651,"coverImage":652,"publishedAt":338,"order":294},"Queen of Spain Fritillary","The queen of Spain fritillary is a small butterfly with numerous silvery spots on the hindwing underside, occurring from lowlands to mountains.","\u002Fvidy-babochek\u002Fvidy\u002Fperlamutrovka-malaya","\u002Fimages\u002Fvidy-babochek\u002Fvidy\u002Fperlamutrovka-malaya.jpg",{"title":654,"description":655,"path":656,"coverImage":657,"publishedAt":658,"order":294},"Rajah Brooke's Birdwing","Rajah Brooke's birdwing — national butterfly of Malaysia: electric-green wings up to 175mm, Bornean rainforests. CITES-listed, spectacular flier.","\u002Fvidy-babochek\u002Fvidy\u002Fpticekrylka-bruka","\u002Fimages\u002Fvidy-babochek\u002Fvidy\u002Fpticekrylka-bruka.png","29.09.2026",{"title":660,"description":661,"path":662,"coverImage":663,"publishedAt":338,"order":294},"Red Admiral","The red admiral is a migratory butterfly with dark brown wings and a scarlet band. Each summer it migrates into temperate Eurasia, reaching the northern part of its range from the Mediterranean.","\u002Fvidy-babochek\u002Fvidy\u002Fadmiral","\u002Fimages\u002Fvidy-babochek\u002Fvidy\u002Fadmiral.jpg",{"title":665,"description":666,"path":667,"coverImage":668,"publishedAt":338,"order":294},"Scarce Swallowtail","The scarce swallowtail is a large swallowtail with cream-yellow wings and characteristic dark stripes. It is conspicuous in May in fruit orchards.","\u002Fvidy-babochek\u002Fvidy\u002Fpodalirii","\u002Fimages\u002Fvidy-babochek\u002Fvidy\u002Fpodalirii.jpg",{"title":670,"description":671,"path":672,"coverImage":673,"publishedAt":338,"order":294},"Silver-washed Fritillary","The silver-washed fritillary is a large woodland butterfly with orange wings. The underside of the hindwings shimmers with silvery pearl-like spots.","\u002Fvidy-babochek\u002Fvidy\u002Fperlamutrovka-bolshaya","\u002Fimages\u002Fvidy-babochek\u002Fvidy\u002Fperlamutrovka-bolshaya.jpg",{"title":675,"description":676,"path":677,"coverImage":678,"publishedAt":338,"order":294},"Small Apollo","The small Apollo is a mountain Papilio with white wings similar to the Apollo but smaller. It lives in high mountains of the Altai, Siberia, and Central Asia.","\u002Fvidy-babochek\u002Fvidy\u002Ffeby","\u002Fimages\u002Fvidy-babochek\u002Fvidy\u002Ffeby.jpg",{"title":680,"description":681,"path":682,"coverImage":683,"publishedAt":338,"order":294},"Small Blue","The small blue is the smallest blue in Europe, with inconspicuous gray wings in both sexes; it lives on poor dry meadows with vetch.","\u002Fvidy-babochek\u002Fvidy\u002Fkupidok","\u002Fimages\u002Fvidy-babochek\u002Fvidy\u002Fkupidok.jpg",{"title":685,"description":686,"path":687,"coverImage":688,"publishedAt":689,"order":294},"Small Copper","The small copper is one of Europe's most vivid small butterflies — fiery orange-copper forewings flash in sun across meadows and heathlands worldwide.","\u002Fvidy-babochek\u002Fvidy\u002Fchervonet-ognennyj","\u002Fimages\u002Fvidy-babochek\u002Fvidy\u002Fchervonet-ognennyj.png","19.06.2026",{"title":691,"description":692,"path":693,"coverImage":694,"publishedAt":338,"order":294},"Small Heath","The small heath is a small reddish-brown butterfly of open meadows. It is one of the most abundant browns and occurs almost everywhere.","\u002Fvidy-babochek\u002Fvidy\u002Fsennitsa-obyknovennaya","\u002Fimages\u002Fvidy-babochek\u002Fvidy\u002Fsennitsa-obyknovennaya.jpg",{"title":696,"description":697,"path":698,"coverImage":699,"publishedAt":338,"order":294},"Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary","The small pearl-bordered fritillary is a small fritillary of wet meadows, with clear white and rusty spots in a pattern on the hindwing underside.","\u002Fvidy-babochek\u002Fvidy\u002Fboloria-selene","\u002Fimages\u002Fvidy-babochek\u002Fvidy\u002Fboloria-selene.jpg",{"title":701,"description":702,"path":703,"coverImage":704,"publishedAt":338,"order":294},"Small Tortoiseshell","The small tortoiseshell is one of the most common day-flying butterflies of the temperate zone, with bright orange wings, black spots, and blue marginal 'eyes'.","\u002Fvidy-babochek\u002Fvidy\u002Fkrapivnitsa","\u002Fimages\u002Fvidy-babochek\u002Fvidy\u002Fkrapivnitsa.jpg",{"title":706,"description":707,"path":708,"coverImage":709,"publishedAt":338,"order":294},"Small White","The small white is a small white butterfly similar to the large white, whose caterpillars feed on cabbage — the most common garden pest among the whites.","\u002Fvidy-babochek\u002Fvidy\u002Frepnitsa","\u002Fimages\u002Fvidy-babochek\u002Fvidy\u002Frepnitsa.jpg",{"title":711,"description":712,"path":713,"coverImage":714,"publishedAt":338,"order":294},"Southern Festoon","The southern festoon is an early-spring butterfly of southern Russia with cream wings and red spots — one of the first swallowtails to fly each year.","\u002Fvidy-babochek\u002Fvidy\u002Fpolyksena","\u002Fimages\u002Fvidy-babochek\u002Fvidy\u002Fpolyksena.jpg",{"title":716,"description":717,"path":718,"coverImage":719,"publishedAt":338,"order":294},"Southern Swallowtail","The southern swallowtail is a rare Papilio with yellow-and-black wings, living in mountain areas of the Caucasus and Crimea, very seldom seen.","\u002Fvidy-babochek\u002Fvidy\u002Falexanor","\u002Fimages\u002Fvidy-babochek\u002Fvidy\u002Falexanor.jpg",{"title":721,"description":722,"path":723,"coverImage":724,"publishedAt":338,"order":294},"Speckled Wood","The speckled wood is a mottled orange-brown butterfly of shady woods, preferring partial shade and damp forest paths across much of Europe.","\u002Fvidy-babochek\u002Fvidy\u002Fbarkhatnitsa-egeriya","\u002Fimages\u002Fvidy-babochek\u002Fvidy\u002Fbarkhatnitsa-egeriya.jpg",{"title":726,"description":727,"path":728,"coverImage":729,"publishedAt":730,"order":294},"Ulysses Swallowtail","The Ulysses Swallowtail is a large rainforest swallowtail whose iridescent electric-blue wings flash through the canopy of Queensland and New Guinea.","\u002Fvidy-babochek\u002Fvidy\u002Fparusnik-uliss","\u002Fimages\u002Fvidy-babochek\u002Fvidy\u002Fparusnik-uliss.png","02.06.2026",{"title":732,"description":733,"path":734,"coverImage":735,"publishedAt":338,"order":294},"White Admiral","The white admiral is an elegant forest butterfly with dark brown wings and a broad white band. It flies in deciduous woods with honeysuckle.","\u002Fvidy-babochek\u002Fvidy\u002Fbelolentochnik-kamilla","\u002Fimages\u002Fvidy-babochek\u002Fvidy\u002Fbelolentochnik-kamilla.jpg",{"title":737,"description":738,"path":739,"coverImage":740,"publishedAt":741,"order":294},"Woodland Ringlet","The woodland ringlet (Erebia medusa) is a satyr butterfly of damp meadows across central Europe, with chocolate-brown wings and orange-ringed eyespots.","\u002Fvidy-babochek\u002Fvidy\u002Ferebiya-meduza","\u002Fimages\u002Fvidy-babochek\u002Fvidy\u002Ferebiya-meduza.png","27.07.2026",[743,745,747],{"label":317,"path":318,"coverImage":647,"latinName":744},"Ornithoptera alexandrae",{"label":312,"path":313,"coverImage":633,"latinName":746},"Ornithoptera priamus",{"label":321,"path":322,"coverImage":618,"latinName":748},"Morpho peleides",[750,752,754,756],{"label":300,"path":301,"description":302,"coverImage":751,"latinName":294},"\u002Fimages\u002Fentsiklopediya\u002Fevolyuciya-babochek.png",{"label":304,"path":305,"description":306,"coverImage":753,"latinName":294},"\u002Fimages\u002Fatlas\u002Faziya\u002Fmjanmar.png",{"label":308,"path":309,"description":310,"coverImage":755,"latinName":294},"\u002Fimages\u002Fatlas\u002Faziya\u002Fmalajziya.png",{"label":312,"path":313,"description":314,"coverImage":633,"latinName":746},[758,764,769,774,780],{"title":759,"description":760,"path":761,"coverImage":762,"publishedAt":338,"order":763},"Day-flying butterflies","Day-flying butterflies are the most conspicuous Lepidoptera: they fly in sunlight, have club-shaped antennae, and often bright colouration.","\u002Fvidy-babochek\u002Fdnevnye-babochki","\u002Fimages\u002Fvidy-babochek\u002Fdnevnye-babochki.jpg",1,{"title":765,"description":766,"path":767,"coverImage":768,"publishedAt":338,"order":255},"Nocturnal butterflies and moths","Nocturnal butterflies and moths are a diverse group of Lepidoptera active at dusk and night. There are far more species than among day-flying butterflies.","\u002Fvidy-babochek\u002Fnochanye-babochki-i-motylki","\u002Fimages\u002Fvidy-babochek\u002Fnochanye-babochki-i-motylki.jpg",{"title":770,"description":771,"path":772,"coverImage":773,"publishedAt":338,"order":262},"Large butterflies","Large butterflies impress with wingspan: from the familiar swallowtail to giant birdwings with wings wider than 25 centimetres.","\u002Fvidy-babochek\u002Fkrupnye-babochki","\u002Fimages\u002Fvidy-babochek\u002Fkrupnye-babochki.jpg",{"title":775,"description":776,"path":777,"coverImage":778,"publishedAt":338,"order":779},"Rare butterflies","Rare butterflies — threatened species: Apollo, clouded Apollo, large blue, and other declining Lepidoptera.","\u002Fvidy-babochek\u002Fredkie-babochki","\u002Fimages\u002Fvidy-babochek\u002Fredkie-babochki.jpg",4,{"title":781,"description":782,"path":783,"coverImage":784,"publishedAt":338,"order":785},"How to identify a butterfly species","Step-by-step guide to identifying a butterfly: size, colour, wing shape, antennae, place and time of encounter. Methods without capture and using photographs.","\u002Fvidy-babochek\u002Fkak-opredelit-vid-babochki","\u002Fimages\u002Fvidy-babochek\u002Fkak-opredelit-vid-babochki.jpg",5,1791911177741]