[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":830},["ShallowReactive",2],{"species_en:\u002Fvidy-babochek\u002Fvidy\u002Fmedvedica-kaja":3,"alt-locale:species_en:\u002Fvidy-babochek\u002Fvidy\u002Fmedvedica-kaja":340,"section-listing:species_en:\u002Fvidy-babochek\u002Fvidy":373,"section-listing:disabled":788,"related-covers:en:\u002Fvidy-babochek\u002Fvidy\u002Fatkas-atlas|\u002Fentsiklopediya\u002Fevolyuciya-babochek":789,"related-covers:en:\u002Fvidy-babochek\u002Fvidy\u002Fatkas-atlas|\u002Fentsiklopediya\u002Fevolyuciya-babochek|\u002Fentsiklopediya\u002Fvivarij-dlya-babochek|\u002Fentsiklopediya\u002Fbabochki-v-kulture":794,"section-listing:species_en:\u002Fvidy-babochek":801},{"id":4,"title":5,"body":6,"conservationStatus":314,"coverImage":315,"description":316,"extension":317,"family":318,"familySlug":319,"faq":320,"hostPlants":330,"imagePrompt":337,"latinName":338,"meta":339,"navigation":340,"order":341,"pageType":342,"path":343,"publishedAt":344,"readingMinutes":301,"relatedLinks":345,"relatedSpecies":362,"season":365,"seo":366,"sitemap":369,"stem":370,"tags":341,"updatedAt":341,"wingspanMm":371,"__hash__":372},"species_en\u002Fvidy-babochek\u002Fvidy\u002Fmedvedica-kaja.md","Garden Tiger Moth",{"type":7,"value":8,"toc":299},"minimark",[9,14,18,33,47,53,59,63,70,97,100,104,109,116,120,127,134,144,178,184,188,195,199,206,209,213,216,252,256,263,266,292],[10,11,13],"h2",{"id":12},"appearance","Appearance",[15,16,17],"p",{},"The garden tiger moth is one of the most strikingly patterned moths in the Palearctic, with a colour scheme that operates on two levels: camouflage when at rest, warning display when disturbed.",[15,19,20,24,25,28,29,32],{},[21,22,23],"strong",{},"Forewings:"," The forewing ground colour is ",[21,26,27],{},"creamy white to warm buff",", overlaid with an irregular pattern of ",[21,30,31],{},"dark chocolate-brown markings"," that are unique to each individual — no two garden tiger moths have identical forewing patterns. The markings are distributed as blotches, bands, and spots that break up the moth's outline against tree bark, lichen-covered stone, and dead vegetation. This individual variation has made the garden tiger moth a model organism in studies of natural selection operating on variable populations.",[15,34,35,38,39,42,43,46],{},[21,36,37],{},"Hindwings:"," Entirely hidden when the moth is at rest, the hindwings are ",[21,40,41],{},"vivid scarlet-red"," (occasionally orange-yellow in rare variants) with four or five ",[21,44,45],{},"large blue-black spots"," ringed with white. The contrast between the dark forewing and the brilliant hindwing is extreme — when revealed, the hindwing pattern is visually shocking after the camouflage of the forewing.",[15,48,49,52],{},[21,50,51],{},"Body:"," The abdomen is orange-red, marked with a line of black dots — continuous aposematic warning colouration visible when the hindwings are raised. The thorax is dark brown above, and in some individuals has a distinctive white-spotted pattern. The head and shoulders are dark brown with a white collar.",[15,54,55,58],{},[21,56,57],{},"Wingspan"," ranges from 45 to 65 mm, with females generally larger than males.",[10,60,62],{"id":61},"range","Range",[15,64,65,66,69],{},"The garden tiger moth is a ",[21,67,68],{},"Holarctic species"," — its range spans the temperate and boreal zones of both the Old and New Worlds:",[71,72,73,80,86],"ul",{},[74,75,76,79],"li",{},[21,77,78],{},"Europe",": from the British Isles and Scandinavia (to 70°N in Norway) south to the Mediterranean; widespread throughout, though showing signs of decline in oceanic western areas",[74,81,82,85],{},[21,83,84],{},"Asia",": across temperate Russia, Siberia, the Caucasus, Central Asia, northern China, Korea, Japan",[74,87,88,91,92,96],{},[21,89,90],{},"North America",": across Canada and the northern United States, where it was long treated as a separate subspecies (",[93,94,95],"em",{},"Arctia caja americana",") before being synonymised with the nominate",[15,98,99],{},"It is absent from the tropics and subtropics, and from true desert and high-arctic zones. In mountains it ascends to approximately 2,000 m.",[10,101,103],{"id":102},"life-cycle","Life cycle",[105,106,108],"h3",{"id":107},"egg-and-early-larva","Egg and early larva",[15,110,111,112,115],{},"Eggs are laid in ",[21,113,114],{},"large batches of 100–300"," on the underside of leaves of the larval host plant in July–August. The female deposits a single mass, often covering a significant area of the leaf underside. Eggs hatch in approximately two weeks, and the tiny first-instar caterpillars initially feed gregariously before dispersing.",[105,117,119],{"id":118},"the-woolly-bear-caterpillar","The woolly bear caterpillar",[15,121,122,123,126],{},"The caterpillar is the most conspicuous stage of the life cycle and the most familiar to the general public. Fully grown, it reaches ",[21,124,125],{},"55–70 mm"," in length — a substantial caterpillar that is impossible to overlook.",[15,128,129,130,133],{},"The body is covered with ",[21,131,132],{},"dense, long, mixed black and rusty-orange bristles"," (setae) arranged in tufts along the length of the body. The head capsule is black and shiny. The dark, hairy appearance gave rise to the \"woolly bear\" name, shared in North America with several related Arctia species.",[15,135,136,139,140,143],{},[21,137,138],{},"Overwintering behaviour:"," The caterpillar hatches in August or September and feeds for several weeks before the onset of cold weather. It then ",[21,141,142],{},"overwinters as a half-grown larva"," — hibernating in a sheltered position in dead vegetation, leaf litter, or under stones. In spring, it resumes feeding and grows rapidly through the remaining instars, reaching full size by May or early June.",[15,145,146,149,150,153,154,157,158,161,162,165,166,169,170,173,174,177],{},[21,147,148],{},"Diet:"," The woolly bear caterpillar is ",[21,151,152],{},"highly polyphagous"," — it will accept an extraordinarily wide range of low-growing herbaceous plants, including nettle (",[93,155,156],{},"Urtica dioica","), dock (",[93,159,160],{},"Rumex","), plantain (",[93,163,164],{},"Plantago","), dandelion (",[93,167,168],{},"Taraxacum","), groundsel (",[93,171,172],{},"Senecio","), comfrey (",[93,175,176],{},"Symphytum","), and many others. This polyphagy makes it one of the few moth caterpillars truly at home in disturbed, weedy habitats — roadside verges, waste ground, and gardens.",[15,179,180,183],{},[21,181,182],{},"Hair irritation:"," The long setae of the woolly bear are mildly urticating — they can cause skin irritation or eye inflammation in humans who handle the caterpillar carelessly. Predators that attempt to eat the caterpillar encounter these hairs in their mouths and throats, and birds in particular often abandon woolly bear caterpillars after initial contact. Some birds have learned to roll the caterpillar on the ground to remove or mat down the bristles before eating — a behaviour observed in rooks and magpies.",[105,185,187],{"id":186},"pupa","Pupa",[15,189,190,191,194],{},"The caterpillar pupates in a cocoon constructed partly of its own shed hairs (incorporated into a loose silk structure) among dead vegetation at ground level. The ",[21,192,193],{},"pupal stage lasts 3–4 weeks",", producing the adult in July.",[105,196,198],{"id":197},"adult","Adult",[15,200,201,202,205],{},"Adults are ",[21,203,204],{},"nocturnal",", flying from late July through August and into September in the south of the range. They come readily to artificial light. Adults have functional eyes and use acoustic bat-avoidance behaviour (producing ultrasonic clicks from the tymbal organ on the metathorax to jam bat sonar — a system widespread in Arctiinae). In this, as in their toxicity, they resemble bees and wasps in the effectiveness of their defences.",[15,207,208],{},"Adults do not feed — they have vestigial mouthparts insufficient for liquid uptake — and live entirely on larval fat reserves for their brief adult life.",[10,210,212],{"id":211},"defence-systems","Defence systems",[15,214,215],{},"The garden tiger moth has one of the most comprehensive chemical defence systems of any European moth:",[217,218,219,228,234,240,246],"ol",{},[74,220,221,224,225,227],{},[21,222,223],{},"Chemical sequestration",": the larva accumulates plant-derived compounds (pyrrolizidine alkaloids from ",[93,226,172],{}," and related plants) that are retained in the adult",[74,229,230,233],{},[21,231,232],{},"De novo synthesis",": adults can also produce pyrazines independently, supplementing sequestered compounds",[74,235,236,239],{},[21,237,238],{},"Defensive froth",": when seized by a predator, adults discharge a frothy secretion from thoracic glands containing these compounds — often sufficient to cause a bird to drop and reject the moth",[74,241,242,245],{},[21,243,244],{},"Flash display",": abrupt revelation of the scarlet hindwing startles predators and reinforces the aposematic signal",[74,247,248,251],{},[21,249,250],{},"Acoustic warning",": the tymbal clicks are not only bat-jamming signals but may also serve as acoustic aposematic signals to bats that have learned to associate the clicks with unpalatable prey",[10,253,255],{"id":254},"population-trends-and-decline","Population trends and decline",[15,257,258,259,262],{},"The garden tiger moth is one of the most intensively monitored moth species in Britain. Rothamsted Insect Survey light-trap data covering 1968–2007 show a ",[21,260,261],{},"decline of approximately 89%"," in recorded abundance — one of the most severe declines in the dataset for any once-common species.",[15,264,265],{},"The causes remain actively debated:",[71,267,268,274,280,286],{},[74,269,270,273],{},[21,271,272],{},"Climate change",": warmer, wetter winters appear to destabilise larval overwintering, possibly through increased fungal pathogen activity in mild, damp soil conditions",[74,275,276,279],{},[21,277,278],{},"Range contraction",": the decline is most pronounced in Atlantic-climate western Britain and Ireland, suggesting that the species' western range margin is contracting as winters become milder",[74,281,282,285],{},[21,283,284],{},"Habitat loss",": coarsening of grassland habitats reduces the diversity of larval host plants available",[74,287,288,291],{},[21,289,290],{},"Light pollution",": as with many nocturnal insects, artificial light may disrupt adult behaviour, navigation, and mating",[15,293,294,295,298],{},"Despite this, the species remains common across much of continental Europe, Russia, and North America, and its global IUCN status remains ",[21,296,297],{},"Least Concern",". The UK decline appears to represent a marginal population phenomenon rather than a global collapse.",{"title":300,"searchDepth":301,"depth":301,"links":302},"",2,[303,304,305,312,313],{"id":12,"depth":301,"text":13},{"id":61,"depth":301,"text":62},{"id":102,"depth":301,"text":103,"children":306},[307,309,310,311],{"id":107,"depth":308,"text":108},3,{"id":118,"depth":308,"text":119},{"id":186,"depth":308,"text":187},{"id":197,"depth":308,"text":198},{"id":211,"depth":301,"text":212},{"id":254,"depth":301,"text":255},"LC","\u002Fimages\u002Fvidy-babochek\u002Fvidy\u002Fmedvedica-kaja.png","The garden tiger moth (Arctia caja): brown-splashed forewings, scarlet warning hindwings. Its woolly bear caterpillar is a familiar temperate-zone larva.","md","Erebidae","erebidae",[321,324,327],{"q":322,"a":323},"Why does the garden tiger moth have such bright hindwings?","The scarlet-red hindwings of the garden tiger moth are an aposematic (warning) signal directed at predators. Most vertebrate predators — birds, lizards, small mammals — learn to associate vivid red, yellow, or orange with unpleasant or toxic prey. The garden tiger moth is genuinely defended: it contains pyrazines and other chemicals, derived partly from sequestered plant compounds accumulated during the larval stage, that make it unpalatable or toxic to many predators. When at rest with forewings closed, the moth is camouflaged by its brown-and-white pattern; when disturbed, it raises the forewings abruptly to flash the scarlet hindwings — a sudden display intended to startle and warn. This 'flash display' can be combined with the release of a defensive froth from glands on the thorax.",{"q":325,"a":326},"What is the woolly bear caterpillar?","The 'woolly bear' is the caterpillar of the garden tiger moth — a densely hairy larva with long, black-and-rusty-orange bristles covering the entire body, making it one of the most immediately recognisable insect larvae in Europe and North America. The hairs serve a multiple defensive function: they are mildly irritating to the skin and mucous membranes of predators (and humans who handle them incautiously), they make the caterpillar difficult to grip and swallow, and the hairs are loosely attached so they break off and embed in the mouth or eyes of an attacker. The caterpillar feeds on an exceptionally wide variety of low-growing plants — it is one of the most polyphagous of all European moth larvae — and overwinters as a half-grown caterpillar, resuming feeding in spring before pupating in early summer.",{"q":328,"a":329},"Is the garden tiger moth declining?","Yes — the garden tiger moth has shown a significant population decline in the United Kingdom and parts of northern and western Europe since the 1970s. UK Rothamsted moth monitoring data show a decline of approximately 89% between 1968 and 2007 — one of the steepest declines recorded for any common British moth. The causes are not fully established, but climate change is the primary suspect: the species overwinters as a larva, and warmer, wetter winters appear to increase larval mortality through fungal infection, desiccation risk, or disruption of diapause. Paradoxically, the decline is most pronounced in areas with milder winter climates. The species remains common across most of continental Europe, Russia, and much of its North American range, and is assessed as Least Concern globally. The UK decline may therefore represent a range contraction from the western, oceanic margin of its distribution rather than a global trend.",[331,332,333,334,335,336],"Stinging nettle (Urtica dioica)","Dock (Rumex species)","Plantain (Plantago species)","Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale)","Groundsel (Senecio vulgaris)","Many other low-growing herbaceous plants","Photorealistic macro photography, Arctia caja garden tiger moth with wings spread showing creamy white and dark brown patterned forewings and vivid scarlet red hindwings with blue-black spots, resting on green leaf with morning dew, 16:9","Arctia caja",{},true,null,"species","\u002Fvidy-babochek\u002Fvidy\u002Fmedvedica-kaja","08.10.2026",[346,350,354,358],{"label":347,"path":348,"description":349},"Atlas moth","\u002Fvidy-babochek\u002Fvidy\u002Fatkas-atlas","The world's largest moth by wing area",{"label":351,"path":352,"description":353},"Evolution of butterflies and moths","\u002Fentsiklopediya\u002Fevolyuciya-babochek","Lepidoptera evolutionary history",{"label":355,"path":356,"description":357},"Raising butterflies at home","\u002Fentsiklopediya\u002Fvivarij-dlya-babochek","Rearing Lepidoptera through metamorphosis",{"label":359,"path":360,"description":361},"Butterflies in art and culture","\u002Fentsiklopediya\u002Fbabochki-v-kulture","Lepidoptera in human culture",[363,364],{"label":347,"path":348},{"label":351,"path":352},"July — August",{"title":367,"description":368},"Garden Tiger Moth (Arctia caja) — Woolly Bear, Warning Colours, Decline | Species","Garden tiger moth facts: scarlet hindwing flash display, woolly bear caterpillar, 45–65 mm wingspan, polyphagous larva. UK population decline, aposematic defence, Palearctic distribution.",{"loc":343},"vidy-babochek\u002Fvidy\u002Fmedvedica-kaja","45–65","4OhVzYQlT3qWugtfus8MS6hXXeRMWttfE5AxWkBjsq0",[374,380,385,390,395,401,407,412,418,423,429,435,441,446,451,456,462,467,473,478,484,489,494,495,500,505,510,516,521,526,531,536,541,546,551,556,561,566,571,576,582,587,593,598,603,608,613,619,625,630,635,640,645,650,656,662,668,673,679,684,689,694,699,705,710,715,720,725,730,736,741,746,751,756,761,766,771,777,782],{"title":375,"description":376,"path":377,"coverImage":378,"publishedAt":379,"order":341},"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":381,"description":382,"path":383,"coverImage":384,"publishedAt":379,"order":341},"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":386,"description":387,"path":388,"coverImage":389,"publishedAt":379,"order":341},"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":391,"description":392,"path":348,"coverImage":393,"publishedAt":394,"order":341},"Atlas Moth","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.","\u002Fimages\u002Fvidy-babochek\u002Fvidy\u002Fatkas-atlas.png","20.09.2026",{"title":396,"description":397,"path":398,"coverImage":399,"publishedAt":400,"order":341},"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":402,"description":403,"path":404,"coverImage":405,"publishedAt":406,"order":341},"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":408,"description":409,"path":410,"coverImage":411,"publishedAt":379,"order":341},"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":413,"description":414,"path":415,"coverImage":416,"publishedAt":417,"order":341},"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":419,"description":420,"path":421,"coverImage":422,"publishedAt":379,"order":341},"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":424,"description":425,"path":426,"coverImage":427,"publishedAt":428,"order":341},"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":430,"description":431,"path":432,"coverImage":433,"publishedAt":434,"order":341},"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":436,"description":437,"path":438,"coverImage":439,"publishedAt":440,"order":341},"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":442,"description":443,"path":444,"coverImage":445,"publishedAt":379,"order":341},"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":447,"description":448,"path":449,"coverImage":450,"publishedAt":379,"order":341},"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":452,"description":453,"path":454,"coverImage":455,"publishedAt":379,"order":341},"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":457,"description":458,"path":459,"coverImage":460,"publishedAt":461,"order":341},"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":463,"description":464,"path":465,"coverImage":466,"publishedAt":379,"order":341},"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":468,"description":469,"path":470,"coverImage":471,"publishedAt":472,"order":341},"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":474,"description":475,"path":476,"coverImage":477,"publishedAt":379,"order":341},"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":479,"description":480,"path":481,"coverImage":482,"publishedAt":483,"order":341},"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":485,"description":486,"path":487,"coverImage":488,"publishedAt":379,"order":341},"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":490,"description":491,"path":492,"coverImage":493,"publishedAt":379,"order":341},"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":5,"description":316,"path":343,"coverImage":315,"publishedAt":344,"order":341},{"title":496,"description":497,"path":498,"coverImage":499,"publishedAt":379,"order":341},"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":501,"description":502,"path":503,"coverImage":504,"publishedAt":417,"order":341},"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":506,"description":507,"path":508,"coverImage":509,"publishedAt":379,"order":341},"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":511,"description":512,"path":513,"coverImage":514,"publishedAt":515,"order":341},"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":517,"description":518,"path":519,"coverImage":520,"publishedAt":379,"order":341},"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":522,"description":523,"path":524,"coverImage":525,"publishedAt":379,"order":341},"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":527,"description":528,"path":529,"coverImage":530,"publishedAt":379,"order":341},"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":532,"description":533,"path":534,"coverImage":535,"publishedAt":417,"order":341},"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":537,"description":538,"path":539,"coverImage":540,"publishedAt":379,"order":341},"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":542,"description":543,"path":544,"coverImage":545,"publishedAt":379,"order":341},"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":547,"description":548,"path":549,"coverImage":550,"publishedAt":379,"order":341},"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":552,"description":553,"path":554,"coverImage":555,"publishedAt":379,"order":341},"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":557,"description":558,"path":559,"coverImage":560,"publishedAt":379,"order":341},"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":562,"description":563,"path":564,"coverImage":565,"publishedAt":379,"order":341},"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":567,"description":568,"path":569,"coverImage":570,"publishedAt":379,"order":341},"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":572,"description":573,"path":574,"coverImage":575,"publishedAt":379,"order":341},"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":577,"description":578,"path":579,"coverImage":580,"publishedAt":581,"order":341},"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":583,"description":584,"path":585,"coverImage":586,"publishedAt":379,"order":341},"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":588,"description":589,"path":590,"coverImage":591,"publishedAt":592,"order":341},"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":594,"description":595,"path":596,"coverImage":597,"publishedAt":417,"order":341},"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":599,"description":600,"path":601,"coverImage":602,"publishedAt":379,"order":341},"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":604,"description":605,"path":606,"coverImage":607,"publishedAt":379,"order":341},"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":609,"description":610,"path":611,"coverImage":612,"publishedAt":379,"order":341},"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":614,"description":615,"path":616,"coverImage":617,"publishedAt":618,"order":341},"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":620,"description":621,"path":622,"coverImage":623,"publishedAt":624,"order":341},"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":626,"description":627,"path":628,"coverImage":629,"publishedAt":379,"order":341},"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":631,"description":632,"path":633,"coverImage":634,"publishedAt":417,"order":341},"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":636,"description":637,"path":638,"coverImage":639,"publishedAt":379,"order":341},"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":641,"description":642,"path":643,"coverImage":644,"publishedAt":379,"order":341},"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":646,"description":647,"path":648,"coverImage":649,"publishedAt":379,"order":341},"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":651,"description":652,"path":653,"coverImage":654,"publishedAt":655,"order":341},"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":657,"description":658,"path":659,"coverImage":660,"publishedAt":661,"order":341},"Peleides Blue Morpho","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.","\u002Fvidy-babochek\u002Fvidy\u002Fmorfo-peleid","\u002Fimages\u002Fvidy-babochek\u002Fvidy\u002Fmorfo-peleid.png","10.08.2026",{"title":663,"description":664,"path":665,"coverImage":666,"publishedAt":667,"order":341},"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":669,"description":670,"path":671,"coverImage":672,"publishedAt":379,"order":341},"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":674,"description":675,"path":676,"coverImage":677,"publishedAt":678,"order":341},"Priam's Birdwing","Priam's Birdwing is one of the largest, most spectacular butterflies. Males show iridescent green and black wings; larger females are brown and yellow.","\u002Fvidy-babochek\u002Fvidy\u002Fpticekrylka-priam","\u002Fimages\u002Fvidy-babochek\u002Fvidy\u002Fpticekrylka-priam.png","05.06.2026",{"title":680,"description":681,"path":682,"coverImage":683,"publishedAt":379,"order":341},"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":685,"description":686,"path":687,"coverImage":688,"publishedAt":379,"order":341},"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":690,"description":691,"path":692,"coverImage":693,"publishedAt":417,"order":341},"Queen Alexandra's Birdwing","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.","\u002Fvidy-babochek\u002Fvidy\u002Fpticekrylka-aleksandry","\u002Fimages\u002Fvidy-babochek\u002Fvidy\u002Fpticekrylka-aleksandry.jpg",{"title":695,"description":696,"path":697,"coverImage":698,"publishedAt":379,"order":341},"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":700,"description":701,"path":702,"coverImage":703,"publishedAt":704,"order":341},"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":706,"description":707,"path":708,"coverImage":709,"publishedAt":379,"order":341},"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":711,"description":712,"path":713,"coverImage":714,"publishedAt":379,"order":341},"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":716,"description":717,"path":718,"coverImage":719,"publishedAt":379,"order":341},"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":721,"description":722,"path":723,"coverImage":724,"publishedAt":379,"order":341},"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":726,"description":727,"path":728,"coverImage":729,"publishedAt":379,"order":341},"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":731,"description":732,"path":733,"coverImage":734,"publishedAt":735,"order":341},"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":737,"description":738,"path":739,"coverImage":740,"publishedAt":379,"order":341},"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":742,"description":743,"path":744,"coverImage":745,"publishedAt":379,"order":341},"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":747,"description":748,"path":749,"coverImage":750,"publishedAt":379,"order":341},"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":752,"description":753,"path":754,"coverImage":755,"publishedAt":379,"order":341},"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":757,"description":758,"path":759,"coverImage":760,"publishedAt":379,"order":341},"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":762,"description":763,"path":764,"coverImage":765,"publishedAt":379,"order":341},"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":767,"description":768,"path":769,"coverImage":770,"publishedAt":379,"order":341},"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":772,"description":773,"path":774,"coverImage":775,"publishedAt":776,"order":341},"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":778,"description":779,"path":780,"coverImage":781,"publishedAt":379,"order":341},"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":783,"description":784,"path":785,"coverImage":786,"publishedAt":787,"order":341},"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",[],[790,792],{"label":347,"path":348,"coverImage":393,"latinName":791},"Attacus atlas",{"label":351,"path":352,"coverImage":793,"latinName":341},"\u002Fimages\u002Fentsiklopediya\u002Fevolyuciya-babochek.png",[795,796,797,799],{"label":347,"path":348,"description":349,"coverImage":393,"latinName":791},{"label":351,"path":352,"description":353,"coverImage":793,"latinName":341},{"label":355,"path":356,"description":357,"coverImage":798,"latinName":341},"\u002Fimages\u002Fentsiklopediya\u002Fvivarij-dlya-babochek.png",{"label":359,"path":360,"description":361,"coverImage":800,"latinName":341},"\u002Fimages\u002Fentsiklopediya\u002Fbabochki-v-kulture.png",[802,808,813,818,824],{"title":803,"description":804,"path":805,"coverImage":806,"publishedAt":379,"order":807},"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":809,"description":810,"path":811,"coverImage":812,"publishedAt":379,"order":301},"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":814,"description":815,"path":816,"coverImage":817,"publishedAt":379,"order":308},"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":819,"description":820,"path":821,"coverImage":822,"publishedAt":379,"order":823},"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":825,"description":826,"path":827,"coverImage":828,"publishedAt":379,"order":829},"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",5,1791911182508]