Stamp Stories from around the world

BUTTERFLIES ON STAMPS

BUTTERFLIES ON STAMPS

Todays stamp from Antigua shows the beautiful butterfly Danaus plexippus. It is also called the monarch butterfly or simply monarch. It is a milkweed butterfly from the family Nymphalidae. Other common names, depending on region, include milkweed, common tiger,...
BUTTERFLIES ON STAMPS

BUTTERFLIES ON STAMPS

Todays stamp from The Maldives show the very beautiful butterfly Tainopalpus imperialis. It is also called the Kaisar-i-Hind, That means the “emperor of India”. It is a rare species of swallowtail butterfly found in east Asia. The Kaisar-i-Hind is much...
BUTTERFLIES ON STAMPS – Panama

BUTTERFLIES ON STAMPS – Panama

Todays stamp from Panama shows the beautiful butterfly Caligo illioneus. It is also called the Illioneus giant owl. It is an owl butterfly belonging to the nymphalid family, Morphinae. The genus Latin name Caligo means “darkness” and may refer to the...
“BUTTERFLIES” ON STAMPS

“BUTTERFLIES” ON STAMPS

Todays “butterfly” is actually a grasshopper. Phymateus viridipes, also known as the African bush grasshopper, is an African locust in the family Pyrgomorphidae (gaudy grasshoppers). Todays stamp from the Republic of Rwanda shows the subspecies Phymateus viripedes...