Golubyanki - family of day butterflies. Contain about 6 thousand types. They are widespread in the majority in the tropical countries and only up to 500 types lives in a moderate belt of the northern hemisphere.
Instruction
1. Babochki-golubyanki, as a rule, the small size (up to 5 cm), have brown, blue or orange coloring and also a characteristic metal reflection. Males are a little brighter than females, on a bottom of wings have the small border painted in gray, yellow or brown colors. Distinctive feature at this family of butterflies is existence of yellowish specks which can disappear over time. Some species of butterflies-golubyanok have peculiar shoots in back wings - tails what their began to call hvostatka for.
2. Butterflies of this look are widespread worldwide. Their habitual habitat of the field, meadows, wood edge. But, they meet and on personal plots, in city parks and squares, in gardens and on kitchen gardens.
3. Golubyanok of red-orange color carry to a type of fiery chervonets. The bright blue coloring with a glazchaty pattern on a bottom side of wings is peculiar to golubyanka Icarus, a brown coloring - to oak marshmallows. Butterflies of a look agriades glyandon have bluish-silvery wings, they live generally in the tundra. Males of a golubyanka of east, most widespread butterfly of Baikal region, are owners of bright appearance: a violet-blue coloring of wings with a wide dark fringing, females are painted more modestly - wings, light brown with orange spots.
4. Hvostatka royal is one of the largest representatives of family a golubyanok - the scope krylyaev a male is about 6 cm. On back wings of these butterflies there are long spurs at which basis at females bright red marks are located. An internal part of wings is painted in dark green color with black strips. This beautiful butterfly meets in Central and South America.
5. Babochki-golubyanki eat by means of a small proboscis. Favourite delicacy is nectar of bean plants. Caterpillars of butterflies, except leaves, can eat small insects: plant louse, deaf adder. Some butterflies of family a golubyanok, are connected with ants. It is all about special glands which excrete sweetish liquid, which very much to taste to ants. In reply butterflies eat larvae of these insects.
6. Golubyanka begin to lay eggs at the beginning of summer. In a week from larvae there are small caterpillars larvae which eat leaves of plants. Caterpillars of green color, are similar on wood lice as the structure of their body convex from above and flat from below, is covered by small hairs. Caterpillars generally on bean plants live. But some types prefer trees: elm, bird cherry, sloe. When the size of a caterpillar reaches three millimeters, it ceases to eat and fades. This period at caterpillars differs in special aggression. They can even eat younger individuals. At achievement by a size caterpillar in ten millimeters, it is attached by thread to leaves and pupates. Within a week, the caterpillar turns into a butterfly. Dolls have an unpleasant smell which frightens off various mean insects. Thus, butterflies-golubyanki protect plants.