A scheme to plant hundreds of goat willow trees was launched last year, in a bid to attract the insects to the county, after the "iconic" purple emperor butterfly was spotted moving north from its ...

Wildlife officials are considering adding the monarch butterfly, which migrate to California's coast each fall, to the ...

Birds and insects are only able to display purple through structural colouration. This is where tiny structures in the feathers of birds or the scales of butterflies and beetles are used to reflect ...

The butterfly's primary host plant is the endangered dwarf plantain, but larvae also may live on purple owl's clover or exerted Indian paintbrush. Primary Bay checkerspot habitat is native grassland ...