How Many Types of Butterflies Are There? It’s thought that there are more than 17,500 butterfly types across the world, with some estimating up to 20,000 butterfly species on Earth.

What Does a Hackberry Emperor Look Like? What type of butterfly is this? asks reader Andrea Rickard of Helena, Ohio. Kenn ...

Types of Butterflies and Their Meanings Like the different birth month flowers, birthstones, and favorite color, each type of butterfly has its own special symbolism associated with it.

It was a day of remembrance and beauty as the Allen County Board of Developmental Disabilities held its fourth annual ...

Scientists studied rare butterfly fossils and collected DNA from nearly 2,300 species to create the ultimate tree of life and learn where butterflies originated when they first appeared on Earth ...

Underneath, the butterfly sports an obscure pattern with a frosting of gray along the outer margin — a distinction that many of us fighting climate change can relate to.