Bugged?

We’ve all heard of Mormon crickets. But did you know that there are not just one, but half a dozen types of Mormon butterfly? They’re named for their practice of polygamy (heh), and they’re beautiful.

The Great Mormon butterfly (Males are blue or black, females have striking speckled patterns of red, black and gray).

Great mormon - Grand mormon


Great Mormon Butterfly (Papilio memnon)

Great Mormon Butterfly

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More here, here.

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The Common Mormon butterfly:

Common Mormon (Female)

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Common Mormon

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More here, here (read the description on the second one), here.

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The Mormon Fritillary (an American moth butterfly rather than a polygamous Asian butterfly)

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Mormon Fritillary (Speyeria mormonia washingtonia)

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The Mormon Metalmark (another American moth butterfly)

Mormon metalmark

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Lange's Mormon Metalmark, Apodemia mormo mormo X langei
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The Scarlet Mormon:

Mormón escarlata hembra (female scarlet mormon)

Scarlet Mormon Butterfly

Mormón escarlata hembra

Scarlet Mormon Butterfly

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More here, here, here.

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The Blue Mormon:

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Blue Mormon

071015_0474 Papilio polymnestor (Blue Mormon)

More here, here.

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10 comments for “Bugged?

  1. So you’re saying we’re a good-looking people? Because these butterflies are gorgeous (and if I show the pictures to my daughter, I may never get my computed back).

  2. I actually own a Mormon Butterfly. I found it in a curio shop. It is pinned as a specimen under glass and framed in black. Curiosity indeed.

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