Butterfly Museum
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The museum exhibits more than 1,000 specimens of butterflies and other insects from all over the world. Butterflies belong to insects with complete metamorphosis. They arose already at the beginning of the Mesozoic, and the fossils remains date back to the Cretaceous period. One of the distinguishing features of butterflies is that their wings and body are covered with small scales. These insects are found on all continents except Antarctica, and reach their greatest diversity in tropical regions. More than 4,000 species of Lepidoptera can be found in Central Europe, while more than 160,000 species of these insects are known in the world.
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Genus of very large butterflies of Saturniidae family.
A moth of the Saturniidae family. It is endemic to Argentina. The wingspan is 80–100 mm. The larvae feed on Fraxinus, Ligustrum vulgare and Ligustrum sinense.
Background color of the wings – dun, with different tones. Dark brown pattern on the forewing with its’ shape resembling the horned moon. Going wider to the front border of the wing, it takes the major part of it. Laconic dressing is accomplished with narrow light marginal stripe and black prolonged spot near edge in light surrounding. Amazing form of the forewing makes its prolonged top. Hindwing is decorated by alternate stripes of different tones and shapes. These butterflies live in tropical forests of South-East of Brazil and Peru.