Butterfly is a pigeon. What does the pigeon feed on the pigeon?

This is the second largest family after the scoop. It includes six thousand species, which is about forty percent of all the now known butterflies. As a rule, these are small individuals (up to five centimeters), with bright colors and characteristic metallic luster. Some species have peculiar outgrowths on the hind wings ("tails"). For this they are sometimes called "tail".

What do caterpillars look like?

Usually they are not cylindrical, but flat. These can be phytophages that feed on plants, as well as entomophages that feed on aphids, ant larvae. Some butterflies can influence ants, encouraging them to feed their caterpillars. The fact is that the butterfly has a special pigeon on the seventh abdominal segment, which gives off a sweet liquid that helps in dealing with ants.

Where do pigeons live?

Butterflies of this species live all over the world. Only in Russia there are more than fifty kinds. They are well known to the inhabitants of the countryside. They live on glades, forest edges, meadows. In the framework of a small article, we are unlikely to be able to acquaint you with all representatives of this species, but we will try to present the most common ones to you.

Agriades Glyadon

How does a butterfly look like a pigeon of this type? Males have bluish-silvery wings. They are usually found in the tundra, deciduous woodlands. They feed on the plant saffron.

Atraxerx atrix

Bright and beautiful butterfly the size of thirteen millimeters. Has chocolate brown wings with red spots on the edge. The British population is characterized by white spots, which are not found in butterflies on the continent. She lives in meadows, usually in the mountains, in Europe. Eats frankincense and stork. You can see these butterflies in June-August. The caterpillar hibernates.

Arion

This butterfly is a little bigger, its size is 20 mm. The color of the wings of the female has a thick coating of dark gray or black color with a border. Caterpillars hibernate in the nests of ants. It inhabits much of Europe, except in the northern regions. Unfortunately, this species is on the verge of destruction. The butterfly feeds on thyme and larvae of ants.

Birch Marshmallow

Unquestionably, these are some of the most beautiful pigeons that are common in Eurasia. From other tailings are larger in size and pattern on the inside of the wings. Caterpillars feel comfortable in gooseberries, birch, various rosaceous. You can watch them in August-September.

Multi-eye Spotted

This is a very beautiful butterfly dove, which can be seen in Russia in July. In addition, it is widely distributed in North America and Eurasia. Caterpillars feed on the mountaineer and sorrel.

Golyubyanka forest

This butterfly is colored much more modestly. Males of this species have purple wings with a dark border, and females are brown. The inner part of the wings has black dots. The first butterflies appear in early May. Their caterpillars live on beans.

East Pigeon

Perhaps, this is the most common species in the Baikal region. The description of the oriental butterfly butterfly should begin with its bright appearance. Males have violet-blue wings with a dark wide enough border, and females are painted a little more modestly, although also spectacularly. Their wings are light brown with bright orange spots. Caterpillars of this species are very fond of settling on beans.

Pebble pebble

Representatives of this species are widespread in the taiga zone. In the middle of summer puddles along roads are covered with a continuous layer of these butterflies. Caterpillars live on blueberries and blueberries. This species is distributed on a vast territory to the Arctic Circle. The males are painted blue with a purple hue. In females, the wings are dark brown with yellow specks.

Bluefinch Turquoise

This type, common in Europe and Asia, looks particularly impressive male. It has a bright blue color. For the caterpillar, the stern plant is the ordinary peptic ulcer. It should be noted that females usually lay their eggs only on the youngest leaves. Here the caterpillars also hibernate. In the spring they eat kidneys, new leaves and buds, then pupate in foliage fallen from trees. One generation of butterflies appears during the year. Their years in July.

Golubianka brownish, or a male theatre

This type differs from others by the beautiful serrated edge of the rear wings. Their top is blue and shiny. The females are distinguished by a wider black border. Maleater has a light gray with black dots and a very light edge pattern. This butterfly is common in Southern Europe. He prefers to settle on warm slopes of flowering hills. What feeds the butterfly pigeon brownish? Her favorite plants are thyme and undersized beans.

Orion

This little butterfly is only fourteen millimeters in size, and in the span of the wings it is up to twenty-nine millimeters. Front wing - up to sixteen millimeters. Butterflies have a black color with a blue stain at the base. In the Scandinavian countries, females and males are equally colored blue. The wing wings are almost white with large black dots and an orange stripe. Individuals have a weakly expressed sexual dimorphism. Occurs in the south of Europe, on dry stony slopes. Eats cleaned and mountain bower. Years fall at the end of May and the middle of July. A year gives one or two generations. The caterpillar hibernates.

Royal Tail

This is one of the largest and, undoubtedly, one of the most beautiful doves. In males, wings in the span reach six centimeters. The rear wings of butterflies have long spurs. At their base, females have bright red markings. From below, the wings are dyed green with black stripes. In a calm state, the butterfly folds its wings, and it is impossible to distinguish it in the foliage. This beautiful butterfly is most often seen in Central and South America and Mexico.

Icarus

This day butterfly is a typical representative of the doves family. Depending on the place of habitation can develop in two or three generations. And in the steppes of Ukraine and southern Crimea, the appearance of a fourth is also possible.

Quite often, females lay eggs next to anthills on newly appeared leaves. Later, young caterpillars migrate to the lower part of the leaf and at first eat off its edges, and then destroy the entire surface completely. Usually winters either a caterpillar or a pupa, which happens much less often.

Butterfly pigeon icar received its name on behalf of the hero of the mythology of Greece Icarus, son of Daedalus. He took off on wings made of feathers and waxed, too close to the sun, the wax melted and Icarus died. Butterfly pigeon, the photo of which you see in our article, is widely distributed in Russia, in its central strip. It can be seen from April to October. Within a year develop from one to four generations. It depends on the breadth of the habitat. Caterpillars feed on leaves, buds, flowers of a variety of plants, most often legumes.

These are small butterflies, their front wing does not exceed seventeen millimeters. The male's wings are painted in a rich blue-violet color, the females are brown with yellow specks. Icarus is characterized by an ocellar pattern on the underside of the wings. It consists of two rows of black spots along the edge, which are usually separated by an orange stripe. It can be even or curved.

Golubianka Icarus is a good pollinator of wild and cultivated leguminous plants.