A New Zealand enthusiast spent half a century amassing one of the world's largest private butterfly collections. As death nears, he has handed this life's work of 20,000 specimens to a museum.

"We have some amazing butterflies and moths in New Zealand, there's about 2000 species of moths, and people just don't even know that they exist. So how can you encourage people to look after them ...

The Moths and Butterflies of New Zealand Trust conducts an online course on how to assess, create and maintain butterfly habitats. Lepidoptera differ from some other invertebrates in that females ...

Object Details author Laidlaw, W. B. R (William Brittain Rutherford) 1902- Contents Historical review -- Systematic position -- Wings : Patterns & variations -- Distribution -- Behaviour : populations ...

New Zealand monarch butterflies have adapted to island life. Getty Images The stay-at-home monarch New Zealand’s monarch butterflies demonstrate how insects can adapt to new environments.