af Vagn Juhl-Larsen | maj 14, 2023 | Stamp of the day
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,...
af Vagn Juhl-Larsen | maj 13, 2023 | Stamp of the day
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...
af Vagn Juhl-Larsen | maj 12, 2023 | Stamp of the day
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...
af Vagn Juhl-Larsen | maj 11, 2023 | Stamp of the day
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...
