perhaps due to the tetrahedral (diamond-like) structural arrangement of the scales or diffraction from overlying cell layers

Species Name: Papilio rumanzovia

Common Name: Monarch Butterfly

Common Name: Death Head Moth

Graphium sarpedon is primarily an inhabitant of moist

Green Damselflies in a frame real_snake perhaps due to the tetrahedralA beautiful pair of Damselflies with iridescent green colored wings. Interesting fact about damselflies is that there were here long before many other species, more than 300 million years ago! In the past some of them were as big as a hawk. They are also excellent predators and prey on mosquitoes. What not to love about them? Many damselflies have elaborate courtship behaviors. These are designed to show off the male's distinctive characteristics,