Over 15,000 feet up in the mountains of Peru, a team of scientists watched in shock as a brown butterfly flew “happily” along then landed on the snowy ground. They’d just discovered a new ...

A male bush brown butterfly (left) touching the side of a female (right) during a step of the courtship sequence. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news ...

The meadow brown butterfly’s Latin name is Maniola or ‘little spirit from hell’. It has been represented as a demon in art. The Greek word psyche means both spirit and butterfly. The Greeks ...

Common Evening Brown: A medium-sized greyish-brown butterfly with large eyespots on its wings to ward off predators. Unlike most butterflies, this one mostly comes out at night.

A year-round resident of New Mexico's high mountain meadows, the highly imperiled Sacramento Mountains checkerspot butterfly relies wholly on the integrity of its remarkably limited range. This ...

Steve Huxley took this photo in the Valley of what appears to be a somewhat weathered Callippe Fritillary (Speyeria callippe) ...