Read about related Lepidoptera by using the "Forward" and "Backward" device icons. The butterfly members of this Order of insects include the popular and usually colorful species. Butterfly groups include monarchs, satyrs, dagerwings, leaf-wings, owls, buckeyes, admirals, checkerspots, crecents, fritillaries, heliconids, riodinids, blues, hairstreaks, coppers, whites, orange-tips, sulphurs and swallowtails.

Brush-footed Butterfly Eueides aliphera Lepidoptera Heliconidae The Bible often referred to insects as having only four legs for walking. Most Nymphalid butterflies appear to only have four feet. Females use their tiny reduced feet to drum on the surface of host plant leaves to taste if they've found the correct plant. Males are the only ones to have brush feet and probably use them in mating rituals. With salts and minerals at a premium in the tropical rainforests, these butterflies gather to imbibe mineral collected in rain puddles along the road for strength in their mating duties. The top wing surfaces of this butterfly are bright orange and black. View the Index of Orders View Complete Photo List Ants, Bees & Wasps Butterflies & Moths Flies Beetles Lacewings & Antlions Leafhoppers & Cicadas True Bugs Cockroaches Praying Mantids Grasshoppers, Crickets Walking Sticks Dragonflies & Damselflies Mayflies Non-Insects