IDENTIFICATION GUIDE The Tropical Butterfly House features from around the world. As many as 100 sometimes live here. Use this guide to identify some of our favorite residents.

Please look with your eyes and do not touch. Even a gentle touch can harm a butterfly.

FAMILY: PAPILIONIDAE — SWALLOWTAILS These butterflies have a distinctive flight. Though their front wings flap quickly, their hind wings barely move.

(female) (male) Papilio polytes agamemnon Papilio cresphontes Battus polydamus Common Swallowtail Tailed Jay Giant Swallowtail Polydamus Swallowtail Southeast Asia. Southern Canada to Southern United States through Look for these fast-flying butterflies These butterflies like sunny areas The of this species eat drinking nectar in sunny spots. where they sip nectar while hovering citrus leaves and can be a crop with wings in constant motion. pest in some areas.

Parides erostratus Dusky Swallowtail Mexico and south to Belize Exhibits both and . Male Papilio erostratus (both sexes-underside) (male-top) (female-top) mimic the unpalatable Battus philenor. Females resemble the Papilio rumanzovia poisonous photinus. Scarlet Swallowtail Southeast Asia. FAMILY: BRASSOLIDAE — These butterflies often roost together in the ficus trees in the BUTTERFLIES southeast corner of the Tropical Butterfly House.

Pachliopta kotzebuea Pink Rose Southeast Asia Can be distinguished from similar species in the Tropical Butterfly Parides iphidamas House by its red abdomen. Look for Pink Heart its reddish brown, fungus-shaped Central America chrysalis in the emerging window. (underside) FAMILY: MORPHIDAE — MORPHOS Caligo memnon FAMILY: — Owl Butterfly WHITES & SULFURS Central America Like all , the owl butterfly has six legs. However, the two tiny front legs are usually hidden. There are several species of owl butterfly in the Tropical Butterfly House — all love rotting fruit.

Phoebis philea PLEASE LEAVE THIS GUIDE IN THE Orange Barred Sulfur TROPICAL BUTTERFLY HOUSE. Southern United States to Argentina (underside) ©2010 Pacific Science Center Morpho peleides This butterfly flies fast, and for good Common Blue Morpho reason. Some butterflies don’t taste Mexico through northern good to predators, but this one This large butterfly drinks juices from is a tasty treat. rotting fruits. Look for its jade green chrysalis in the emerging window.

Located under the arches, near the Space Needle pacificsciencecenter.org FAMILY: HELICONIIDAE — THE LONGWINGS These butterflies taste terrible to birds, who are warned not to eat the butterflies by their coloration. One exceptional characteristic of longwings is that they can eat pollen. Because of this they are long-lived—for butterflies!

Heliconius melpomene H. cydno H. eleuchia H. doris Red doris Blue Heliconius sara

Heliconius charitonius Dryas julia Dryadula phaetusa (underside) Heliconius hecale Zebra Longwing Julia Oak Tiger or Golden Helicon Southern United States Southern United States Banded Orange Mexico to into South America through Central America Mexico to Brazil Several other species in this exhibit and the Caribbean resemble this one. When several bad-tasting butterflies mimic each other, it is called the Müllerian mimicry. FAMILY: DANAIDAE — MONARCHS or MILKWEED BUTTERFLIES

Danaus plexippus leuconoe Monarch Lycorea cleobaea Rice Paper or The Americas and Southeast Asia Large Tiger Paper Kite Butterfly The monarchs in this exhibit are not Central America Southeast Asia the population famous for migrating Compare this butterfly with Its large, yellow-and-black to Mexico. Ours are from tropical Heliconius hecale. They mimic chrysalis is very noticeable in environments where they are usually eachother. Even the butterflies the emerging window. sedentary throughout their life cycle. themselves become confused when looking for mates.

FAMILY: — BRUSH-FOOTED BUTTERFLIES This and related families (Morphidae, Brassolidae, Danaidae and Heliconiidae) have only two pairs of walking legs. The front pair is reduced and sometimes brushy and feathery and is used to detect plant chemicals when choosing an egg-laying site.

(male) (female) biblis (underside) Myscelia ethusa Catonephele numilia Hypolimnas bolina Lacewing Royal Blue Numilia Great Egg Fly Southeast Asia Central America Central America through Brazil Southeast Asia, Named for the lacy pattern The blue on this small With wings open, the male is one & the south coast of Africa on its underside. butterfly’s wings is one of of the most striking butterflies This is another butterfly the most intense colors in in this exhibit. Males and females whose folded wings hide the Tropical Butterfly House. have very different coloration. bright color inside. This is called sexual dimorphism.

All of our butterflies (underside) (underside) are responsibly raised Parhenos sylvia Siproeta stelenes Prepona omphale on butterfly farms. Clipper Malachite Blue Belly-Button We do not purchase Southeast Asia Southern United States Mexico & south to wild-caught butterflies This butterfly is often seen to the Amazon Basin the Amazon Basin. around the pond areas, Although brightly colored, this Like many butterflies, this During your visit, look resting with open wings. butterfly can successfully hide species has two vastly different in the chrysalis window. among the green leaves in the appearances — a flashy color You might even see a Tropical Butterfly House. on the top of the wings and butterfly emerge. We a camouflaged underside. purchase our butterflies in the chrysalis stage. PLEASE LEAVE THIS GUIDE IN THE TROPICAL BUTTERFLY HOUSE. Butterflies are shown at ©2010 Pacific Science Center approximately half size.