Awesome close-up video of butterflies | China Xinhua News

Dancing like a pair of butterflies under a spotlight, this duo demonstrated the fruit of their hard labor with a mesmerizing array of balletic stunts after years of painful practices to wow audiences on stage. #FunChina | China Plus Culture

Butterfly boom: Hundreds of millions of butterflies have emerged from their chrysalises in a river valley, becoming a feast for the eyes in Yuanjiang County, southwest China's Yunnan Province. #biodiversity | People's Daily, China

At first glance, this butterfly looks like a monarch butterfly, but it is actually a viceroy butterfly. These butterflies "mimic" the monarch, which is like the viceroy, in that it is unpalatable to predators. Therefore, both butterflies benefit from this unique pattern. This pollinator was filmed in Bayou Sauvage National Wildlife Refuge, a protected area inside the city limits of New Orleans, Louisiana. 📸 and caption by Ian Shive Photography | Discovery