Recently, my son and I went to visit my late husband's sister.
She lives in an apartment in a high-rise building (it was she who infected me with cactus mania!). She lives on the first floor, which is a big bonus, since there are small plots of land on both sides of the apartment.
Her family received this apartment from the state, as she is a refugee due to the events in Cyprus in 1974. In 1974, the Turks occupied about 37% of the island and her family was forced to leave their house with a plot of land...
Therefore, she was very happy that there was an opportunity to plant something! She planted cacti and succulents, roses, jasmine, pelargonium, tangerine and lemon trees and many other plants.
And what does this story of mine have to do with the title of my post, you might think. The fact is that this butterfly, which I saw for the first time, I photographed on its flowers!
Now look at this beauty:
The photos I were taken with a Lenovo TAB 2 A10-70L tablet
When we returned home, I immediately began to look for information on the Internet about this butterfly, I looked at a lot of photos, but I could not find one like mine ☹️
But there are coincidences!
A few months ago I ordered (not in Cyprus) stamps and coins on the Internet and received them yesterday.
This order was brought to me by my friend's daughter, as this company does not deliver to Cyprus.
So, there was a stamp with this butterfly and its name!!
I took a photo now with my phone, sorry for the quality, weak light:
And now I was able to find out from the Internet that it is called Utetheisa pulchella.
That in some countries it is listed in the Red Book, while in others it is quite common.
That they can migrate.
Butterflies are active both at night and during the day.
They feed on various herbaceous plants, Polyphages. That its Caterpillars can accumulate alkaloids from fodder plants, due to which individuals of this species become inedible and poisonous to birds. That in Southern Europe develops up to three generations a year.
Agree that this is still little information about her on the Internet!
I would like to know more!
