Meet Some of the Butterfly Stars of The Wings of the Tropics

From the jungles of Central and South America all the way to Asia, the stars of The Wings of the Tropics are truly an international swarm of characters. The man behind completely overseeing the exhibit, the “Butterfly Man” Martin Feather, carefully chose each and every one of them. In choosing which 40 species out of the up to 200 Fairchild is able to display, Mr. Feather followed a simple philosophy: his own words, “If you don’t say ‘Wow,’ I’m not doing my job.” Below is a sample of the species the 3,000 butterflies on display are part of, as well as where they originate from.

Asia		Costa Rica		Ecuador		El Salvador
Euploea mulciber Idea leuconoe    Cethosia cyane Doleschallia bisaltide Hypolimnas bolina Kallima paralekta   Lexias dirtea   Parthenos sylvia lilacinus Atrophaneura polyeuctes  Chilasa clytia   Graphium agamemnon Pachliopta kotzebuea       Ornithoptera priamus   Attacus atlas		Dryadula phaetusa Archaeoprepona demophon Biblis hyperia Caligo mennon Catonephele Mexicana Eueides Isabella Greta oto Heliconius cydno H. ismenius H. sapho Morpho peleides Myscelia cyaniris Nessaea aglaura Panacea procilla Parides iphidamas Parides photinus Philaethria dido Euides isabella		Heliconius doris    Heliconius atthis H. melpomene     H. erato		Heliconius hecale (dark form) Lycorea cleobaea Mechanitis polymnia Morpho polyphemus Siproeta epaphus Tithorea harmonia