Colorful Beauty in Nature: Butterflies

By COLOURlover // June 1, 2007

One particular place to find amazing colors in nature is the Butterfly and lucky for us there are 17,500 species of butterflies in the world.

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They use their bright colors to ward of predators by tricking them into thinking they are poisonous (some actually are) or by camouflaging themselves into plants or bigger insects.

A Collection of 18 Beautiful Butterflies & Their Color Palettes

L'oeil de Caen

by Infosix

"SONY DSC Alpha 100

Lentille Tamron Macro 90mm F/2.8"

Papillon bleu

by Infosix

"SONY DSC Alpha 100

Lentille Tamron Macro 90mm F/2.8"

Monarch Butterfly

by fyimo

"This Monarch Butterfly was feeding on my Butterfly Bush. I took it in September and I just found it today and worked it in photoshop."

"Butterfly Shot at my Back yard -- It stayed there for 15 Minutes posing for me before it took off---- Shot with a 100mm Macro Vivitar Lens. Exposed for the butterly Wings, Shot it for the shear beauty..."

Papillon bleu

by melolou

"My most interesting photos."

Elena is warming up

by Glenset

Lemon Emigrant

by B_cool

Le papillon léopard

by Infosix

"SONY DSC Alpha 100
Lentille Tamron Macro 90mm F/2.8 "

Butterfly's in Winter

by Ben_Nelson

Happy

by vulture1960

"Let's make everybody happy today. Be positive. "

Silver studded blue

by mangold47

Another Phuket Butterfly

by Steve_C

Scarce Swallowtail

by runnerwill1448

Orangetip, Bintree Woods

by Dave Appleton

A day at the zoo

by Joy23

Team

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41 Comments

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bahram

Posted Mar 23, 2009

I think the nature color our world with big courage than us.

kavinat123

Posted Apr 17, 2009

brilliantly done. i think i am gonna draw butterflies too.

tecardi

Posted Apr 29, 2009

Preciosas paletas, felicitaciones!!

TwitterPatted

Posted May 15, 2009

A beautiful method for discovering color schemes. Has inspired me to take a closer look at nature to see what other color schemes are out there waiting to be discovered.

Thanks so much for sharing

webdesignfolkz

Posted Feb 3, 2010

Fantastic pics. Nature is the best artist of the world and the color combination is beyond imagination.

SistaPatience

Posted Apr 2, 2010

My first article....BEAUTIFUL!!! I Love Butterflies/Caterpillars and Flowers!

lunamoon

Posted Apr 23, 2010

G-O-R-G-E-O-U-S!!!!!!!!!!

OWButterflies

Posted Jul 20, 2010

This is amazing, you've captured with absolute perfection the essence of each of these beautiful butterflies. Have seen "Winged Inspirations Jewelry", it's designed to honor and capture the beauty of butterflies in every way. You can see the butterflies and the piece of jewelry it represents here: http://obsessionwithbutterflies.com/gifts_jewelry.html