Heather Angel Gallery

Pygmy Rwandan water lily (Nymphaea thermarum) in cultivation at Kew Gardens, London, England, UK

Pygmy Rwandan water lily (Nymphaea thermarum) in cultivation at Kew Gardens, London, England, UK. Extinct in the wild. Native to thermal springs, Rwanda

© www.naturepl.com

Africa, Angiosperm, Angiospermae, East Africa, Endangered, Endangered Species, Endemic, Extinct In The Wild, Flower, Flowering Plant, Lilypads, Magnoliopsida, Nymphaea, Nymphaea Thermarum, Nymphaeaceae, Nymphaeales, Plant, Plantae, Pygmy Rwandan Water Lily, Pygmy Rwandan Waterlily, Republic Of Rwanda, Rwanda, Seed Plant, Spermatophyte, Spermatophytina, Threatened, Tracheophyta, Vascular Plant, Water Lilies, Waterlilies

Chinese peacock butterfly (Papilio bianor) drinking nectar from a Hibiscus flower

Chinese peacock butterfly (Papilio bianor) drinking nectar from a Hibiscus flower. To maintain position it flaps the wings which pick up pollen on their undersides from the stamens placed on the end of a long column. A green praying mantid is on the right watching, Yunnan, China

© www.naturepl.com

Angiosperm, Angiospermae, Animal, Animalia, Arthropod, Arthropoda, Asia, Butterfly, China, Chinese Peacock Butterfly, Colour, Dicot, Dicotyledon, East Asia, Flower, Flowering Plant, Hexapod, Hexapoda, Hibiscus, Insect, Insecta, Invertebrate, Lepidoptera, Lepidopterans, Magnoliopsida, Mallow, Malvaceae, Malvales, Mauve, Papilio, Papilio Bianor, Papilionid, Papilionidae, Plant, Plantae, Pollination, Red, Rosanae, Rosemallow, Rosid, Seed Plant, Spermatophyte, Spermatophytina, Swallowtail Butterfly, Tracheophyta, Vascular Plant, Wildlife, Yunnan Province

Cambridge vagrant butterfly (Nepheronia thalassina) nectaring on Lantana (Lantana camara)

Cambridge vagrant butterfly (Nepheronia thalassina) nectaring on Lantana (Lantana camara). Flowers turn from yellow to pink when no nectar is provided. In garden, Tanzania. Native to tropical Americas

© www.naturepl.com

Africa, Alien, Alien Species, Animal, Animalia, Arthropod, Arthropoda, Butterfly, Cambridge Vagrant, East Africa, Eronia Thalassina Sinalata, Exotics, Feeding, Flower, Foraging, Hexapod, Hexapoda, Insect, Insecta, Introduced Species, Invasive, Invertebrate, Lepidoptera, Lepidopterans, Nectaring, Nepheronia, Nepheronia Thalassina, Papilionoidea, Pieridae, Plant, Pollination, Tanzania, Wildlife