Blue Morpho Butterfly V3, by Lord Elboron

With a 5.5-inch wingspan, this big, gorgeous sapphire blue butterfly is native to the rainforests of Central and South America. Both males and females have iridescent blue wings, though the wings of the females are edged in brown and have white spots.

The undersides of the wings are brown with orange eyespots outlined in bronze and brown, and the wings of the females have a broken bronze band. Males like to chase each other through the rainforest and one-way collectors catch them is to wave a blue piece of cloth where they can see it. The blue morpho feeds on the juices of rotting fruit.

The red and green caterpillar is nocturnal and fond of the leaves of Erythroxylum and members of the pea family. This butterfly is endangered due to habitat loss and collection.