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A <n>Batesia hypochlora</n> specimen from the <n>Muséum de Toulouse</n>, photographed by <n>Didier Descouens</n>.

<n>Chuchotements des étoiles</n> by photographer <n>Bea Henri</n>.

<n>6 wings</n>, a linocut by artist <n>Krõõt Kukkur</n> from the exhibition “<n>7 maa ja mere taga</n>”.

A <n>bilateral gynandromorph tiger swallowtail butterfly</n>. Photo by <n>James L. Amos</n> for <n>National Geographic</n>.

A <n>Green hairstreak (Callophrys rubi)</n> butterfly.

A photograph by <n>Batuhan Dedde</n> for <n>Fucking Young!</n> magazine.

<n>Butterflies Flying above Clouds</n> (1934) by Japanese artist <n>Migishi Kōtarō</n>.

<n>Morpho peleides</n>, <n>Actias dubernardi</n>, <n>Graphium agamemnon</n>, and <n>Papilio palinurus</n>. Photo by <n>Bart Coppens</n>.

<n>Metamorphosis</n>, an AI-generated artwork.

<n>Blue Morpho Butterfly</n> (c. 1864) by artist <n>Martin Johnson Heade</n>.

A <n>Common Morpho</n> butterfly in Santa Catalina, Panama.

<n>Unique Red Butterfly</n> (2015), an acrylic on canvas painting by the artist <n>Marina</n>.

The Spanish Moon Moth (<n>Graellsia isabellae</n>), native to Spain and France. Photo by <n>Aljosha Daele</n>.

Male <n>Actias luna</n> moths. Photo from <n>breedingbutterflies.com</n>.

<n>Iridescent butterfly (Haetera piera)</n> in Ecuador, photographed by <n>Pete Oxford</n>.

A <n>Common Rose butterfly</n> with heart-shaped markings.

<n>Iotaphora iridicolor</n> moth photographed in Kodaikanal, India. Photo by <n>Yuvan Aves</n>.

<n>Ether</n>, 2006, by <n>Stephanie Valentin</n>.

Yozgat, Turkey, 1990. Photo by <n>Nikos Economopoulos</n>.

A handmade <n>Mourning cloak butterfly</n> by paper artist <n>Ann</n> of <n>Tinselandtwine</n>.

A butterfly specimen from the <n>Naturalis Biodiversity Center</n> collection. Photo by <n>Aljosha Daele</n>.