Fantastic Flutterbies: 5 Unusual Butterfly Species

byKatie Bagli

Ask anyone which insect is their favourite and pat comes the reply—butterflies of course! Butterflies enliven our lives with their gorgeous colours, fluttering from flower to flower, sipping nectar by the hour. But there are some freaky members among this celebrity insect community too. Let’s take a look!

Fantastic Flutterbies: 5 Unusual Butterfly Species

Crimson Rose Milkweed Group: The milkweed group of butterflies has the notorious reputation of being poisonous to their predators. This is because their caterpillars consume the milky sap of poisonous plants like rui, oleander and fig trees. When the caterpillars metamorphose into butterflies, th