Foremost's Butterflies Are Blooming


Foremost's Butterflies Are Blooming boasts 30 different species of tropical butterflies in the exhibit. Many of these species are shown below.
Ismenius Longwing	Zebra Longwing	Longwings Longwing butterflies get their name from their long, paddle-shaped wings.
Julia Longwing	Cydno Longwing
Heliconius eleuchia	Postman
Dryadula phaetusa Banded Orange	Heliconius hecale
Parides sesostris Tropical Swallowtail	Parides photinus Tropical Swallowtail	Swallowtails Some Swallowtails have long tails on their bottom wings, and some have ruffled wing edges.
Heraclides thoas Giant Swallowtail
Blue Morpho		Blue Morphos The Blue Morpho butterfly is in a family all by itself. No other butterfly looks quite like it.
Monarch	Queen	Monarchs The butterfly known as the Monarch has a close cousin called the "Queen." They're almost, but not quite, the same color. Although some Monarch butterflies migrate, the Monarchs in this exhibit are not the migrating kind. They have everything they need in Costa Rica, where they come from.
Blue Wing	Malachite	Others These butterflies are shaped like Monarchs. These and many more can be viewed at the Foremost's Butterflies Are Blooming exhibit.
Phoebis sennae	blank

Monarch butterflies avoid the lethal cold of the northern winters by flying south.

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