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Beyond mere beauty: Butterfly show at the American Museum of Natural History explores evolution, ecology

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  • A donated series of butterfly specimens is displayed Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2015, on a floor of the American Museum of Natural History that houses a collection of thousands preserved like these that the public rarely sees.
    Photo Credit: Craig Ruttle
  • An Owl butterfly eats from an orange in the enclosure called
    Photo Credit: Craig Ruttle
  • Children look at a resting Doris longwing butterfly on a persons hand in the enclosure called
    Photo Credit: Craig Ruttle
  • A butterfly is photographed as it rests in an enclosure called
    Photo Credit: Craig Ruttle
  • Summer Conway of East Sussex, United Kingdom, looks at a resting Hecale longwing butterfly in the enclosure called
    Photo Credit: Craig Ruttle
  • This is the 5th floor specimen storage facility of Lepidoptera at the American Museum of Natural History Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2015, a collection that houses thousands of preserved butterfly species the public rarely sees.
    Photo Credit: Craig Ruttle
  • David Grimaldi, center left, curator of The Butterfly Conservatory and with the Division of Invertebrate Zoology, holds a species collection Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2015, on a floor of the American Museum of Natural History that houses a collection of thousands preserved like these that the public rarely sees.
    Photo Credit: Craig Ruttle
  • David Grimaldi, curator of The Butterfly Conservatory and with the Division of Invertebrate Zoology, holds a species collection of the Cracker Butterfly, Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2015, on a floor of the American Museum of Natural History that houses a collection of thousands preserved like these that the public rarely sees.
    Photo Credit: Craig Ruttle
  • David Grimaldi, curator of The Butterfly Conservatory and with the Division of Invertebrate Zoology, holds a species collection of the Cracker Butterfly, Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2015, on a floor of the American Museum of Natural History that houses a collection of thousands preserved like these at the that the public rarely sees.
    Photo Credit: Craig Ruttle
  • A donated series of butterfly specimens is displayed Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2015, on a floor of the American Museum of Natural History that houses a collection of thousands preserved like these that the public rarely sees.
    Photo Credit: Craig Ruttle

The annual show of butterflies at the American Museum of Natural History highlights the anatomy, evolution, ecology and more of Lepidoptera. Here are images from “The Butterfly Conservatory: Tropical Butterflies Alive in Winter, ” opening Sept. 5.

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