Swallowtail
Butterfly Conservatory
Museum Natural History
New York NY
2008
by Jennifer

Happiness all depends on your point of view

let it set softly on your shoulder

QUOTE: Share Some HAPPINESS

They are named for the characteristic tail-like extensions of the hindwings, although many species are tailless. Color patterns may vary, although many species have yellow, orange, red, green, or blue markings on an iridescent black, blue, or green background. Sexual and seasonal differences in coloration also occur.
Pale yellow wings with black veins and blue margins. This is one of our rarest and most spectacular butterflies.

https://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/butterflies/conservation

Butterflies are insects that have large, often brightly coloured wings, and a conspicuous, fluttering flight. The group comprises the superfamilies Hedyloidea and Papilionoidea. Butterfly fossils date to the Paleocene, about 56 million years ago.

Due to their bright colors and visits to flowers, butterflies are the most familiar of insects to humans. There are about 17,500 species of butterflies in the world, and around 750 species in the United States.

https://www.si.edu/spotlight/buginfo/butterfly

https://butterflywebsite.com/