About 140 butterfly species have been found in the ... The protagonist of this column needs little introduction. The luna ...

There isn’t a big difference between a butterfly and a moth ... The big, pale green swallow-tailed luna moth is an example of all of these things, as is the cecropia moth, which can be 15cm ...

The boldly spotted leopard moth is often mistaken for a butterfly. The sea-foam green of a luna moth and the yellow and pink of an io moth can also be confused with butterfly wings. Here are some ...

This story appears in the June 2016 issue of National Geographic magazine. Light green, long winged, and roughly the size of a playing card, the luna moth is a striking creature. It’s a clever ...