Several years later Rena, now a professional photographer, discovered that one of Rustam’s friends had named a butterfly after him – the Satyrus effendi, a butterfly so rare that some lepidopterists ...

Photographer and National Geographic Explorer Rena Effendi learned that a little-known species was named after her late father, a renowned butterfly expert. The discovery took her on a journey across ...

Ecologists in West Sussex recently recorded a jaw-dropping 283 purple emperor butterflies in a single day at the Knepp Castle Estate, a 3,500-acre rewilding project in the county. It's an all-time ...

There are nearly 20,000 butterfly species divided into six families. They are spread across every continent except for Antarctica. Among those 20,000 species, there are many unique butterflies. There ...