This is the common rose, voted as Singapore’s national butterfly in 2015.The butterfly is categorised as “near-threatened”, which means it could soon be threatened.

The common rose butterfly has a similar trick. Its velvety black wings get their color from tiny microscopic holes that trap and absorb light, giving the butterfly a blacker color than would be ...

SINGAPORE - With more than 7,500 votes cast, the Common Rose has emerged as Singapore's national butterfly, beating five other candidates in the contest organised by the Nature Society Singapore.

A common sight in the forests and meadows of India is the common rose butterfly. Known for its velvety black wings and colorful body and tail, the common rose spends its day gathering nectar from ...

Some butterflies mimic the wing patterns of this toxic Common Rose butterfly (Source: Krushnamegh Kunte) Related Stories. Butterflies flip switch to look deadly, Science Online, 15 Aug 2011; ...

The females of the common mormon butterfly are masters of disguise. Some of them look like the black-and-white males, but others embellish their wings with white brushstrokes and red curlicues to ...

“To have butterflies such as the common birdwing, crimson rose, common rose, and common windmill butterflies for company, just grow Artisolachia bush near your compound wall,” says birder A ...

Only recently have scientists been unravelling how butterflies change their wing colour, and now they have identified the gene. Butterfly gene acts as colour switch Home Page ...