Butterflies

The 95-year-old monarch will not take office until the spring and is currently resting in Windsor following the advice of her doctors

Elegant butterflies, which are fed with fruits left by the officials, create colorful images in the Tropical Butterfly Garden, operated by the Selçuklu Municipality in the Central Anatolian province of Konya.

The garden is one of the largest of its kind in Europe in terms of its butterfly flight area.

Even though life flutters by quickly for butterflies, their lifespan is not limited to one day - as commonly believed - but can be over a month, according to Assoc. Prof. Yusuf Hüseyinoğlu. (DHA Photo)

Academics Feza Can and Başak Ulaşlı from Hatay Mustafa Kemal University (MKU) Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Plant Protection are recording night butterflies on a special platform they set up at night in the Amanos Mountains in the southern province of Hatay.

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Butterflies in Turkey's eastern Lake Van basin, which is home to many living beings with its rich flora, high altitude and unique nature, have started flying as their spawning period begins.

The Black Duck Multiplarte gallery presents a solo exhibition by psychologist and painter Mari Prouzou. An allegory on life and the human soul, "All is One" redefines notions such as beauty, youth, and the gradual loss of abilities, in soft but colorful depictions of flowers, birds and butterflies. Admission is free of charge and opening hours daily 1-9 p.m.

The Konya Tropical Butterfly Garden is the only place in Turkey where one can observe every phase of metamorphosis, from small larvae to colorful butterflies.

Dozens of unique types of butterfly are passing through Cyprus in the millions this week, putting on an amazing show for locals and nature enthusiasts from coast to coast.

Hundreds of millions of butterflies are migrating from Africa to northern parts for the summer, with Cypriots seeing thousands of the magnificent insects navigate by the hour very close to the ground.

Burdur’s butterflies make debut in special booklet