Nature's Most Beautiful Patterns on Butterfly Wings


	Nature's Most Beautiful Patterns on Butterfly Wings
murieleileen
7-1-2008 10:31 AM
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7-1-2008 4:10 PM
Sheroug
These are beautiful! Thank you
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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/9e38720f-444a-4ee0-997f-4cf5f937cb68/595ABD75-07CC-46CA-904D-5DB25A0554A3/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2008/07/01/nature-s-most-beautiful-patterns-on-butterfly-wings.aspx?source=nl" href="http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2008/07/01/nature-s-most-beautiful-patterns-on-butterfly-wings.aspx?source=nl" style="font-size: 11px;">articles.mercola.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2008/07/01/nature-s-most-beautiful-patterns-on-butterfly-wings.aspx?source=nl"><P>Butterflies are truly natures’ masterpieces. Like pieces of amazing art, they’re reminiscent of richly woven tapestries and detailed abstract paintings. Just take a look at these ten fantastic butterflies!</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2008/07/01/nature-s-most-beautiful-patterns-on-butterfly-wings.aspx?source=nl"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/articles.mercola.com/img/87F56742-9D89-418D-8F9C-31E2464AE924" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2008/07/01/nature-s-most-beautiful-patterns-on-butterfly-wings.aspx?source=nl"><P><FONT size="1"><I>[Photo by Tim Laman]</I> <BR /></FONT>The peacock pansy butterfly <I>(Junionia almana)</I> has striking eyespots and purple patterns.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2008/07/01/nature-s-most-beautiful-patterns-on-butterfly-wings.aspx?source=nl"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/articles.mercola.com/img/C8162F94-CB33-4EEA-82F5-0980D833FCC5" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2008/07/01/nature-s-most-beautiful-patterns-on-butterfly-wings.aspx?source=nl"><DIV>The Kamehameha butterfly <I>(Vanessa tameamea)</I> is one of just two indigenous butterfly species in Hawaii. </DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2008/07/01/nature-s-most-beautiful-patterns-on-butterfly-wings.aspx?source=nl"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/articles.mercola.com/img/FEADD794-0374-4724-99F0-2C873531850D" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2008/07/01/nature-s-most-beautiful-patterns-on-butterfly-wings.aspx?source=nl"><DIV>The birdwing <I>(Ornithoptera priamus)</I> is Australia’s largest butterfly. The female birdwing can reach a wingspan of nearly 8 inches (20 centimeters)!</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2008/07/01/nature-s-most-beautiful-patterns-on-butterfly-wings.aspx?source=nl"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/articles.mercola.com/img/50CEF973-780C-49B9-90F9-3ACACFE7E858" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2008/07/01/nature-s-most-beautiful-patterns-on-butterfly-wings.aspx?source=nl"><DIV>The pipevine swallowtail butterfly <I>(Battus philenor)</I> sports white-and-orange dots on the underside of its hind wing. </DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2008/07/01/nature-s-most-beautiful-patterns-on-butterfly-wings.aspx?source=nl"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/articles.mercola.com/img/C7742C4D-10C0-4694-B250-A261E4BA59FB" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2008/07/01/nature-s-most-beautiful-patterns-on-butterfly-wings.aspx?source=nl"><DIV>The Brazilian eighty-eight butterfly <I>(Diaethria neglecta)</I> displays the design of lines and dots that gave it its unusual name.</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2008/07/01/nature-s-most-beautiful-patterns-on-butterfly-wings.aspx?source=nl"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/articles.mercola.com/img/933F69BA-DBC1-4C7A-831E-FF0B95E7EF0B" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2008/07/01/nature-s-most-beautiful-patterns-on-butterfly-wings.aspx?source=nl"><DIV>This is the wing of an unidentified butterfly found near Tully, Australia – its colors and pattern evoking the image of rich tapestry.</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; 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