Lucas Foglia spent nearly four years traversing 17 countries, capturing images of painted lady butterflies, and the people ...

Over the course of a year, the butterflies will fly about twice ... Atlantic Ocean from West Africa to the northern coast of South America — the first documented insect journey across an ocean.

Native to the forests of central and South America, the banana-loving species wears a disguise ... which are visible when it is resting. In captivity, these butterflies are happy feeding in groups and ...

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