Butterfly fossils are rare, and finds that preserve fine anatomical details and wing patterns are an absolute exception. An ...

With their fabulous but flimsy wings, butterflies don't tend to fare well in the fossilization process, leaving much of their ...

The first clearly identified fossil emperor moth, Apaturinae, provides new insights into the evolution of butterflies. The newly described genus and species is 34 to 28 million years old and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ecologists in West Sussex recently recorded a jaw-dropping 283 purple emperor butterflies in a single day at the Knepp Castle ...

An elusive species of butterfly, which is the second largest in the UK, has been sighted at a National Trust estate. The purple emperor, with a wingspan of around 8cm, was sighted at Sheringham Park ...