Gifts for Your Mom!

Mother's day comes around once a year regardless of who you are or where your from if you breathe you got a mom somewhere. Let her know how much you appreciate her with some of these great Mother's Day Gifts for mom from Ben the Butterfly Guy.

This is the perfect Mother's day gift, a single, majestic blue morpho didius butterfly. - $49.99 (type in Mom20 to get 20% off our Etsy site)

This mounted butterfly art collection comes with 17 species in a 18 x 18", double glass sided, white finished silicone sealed frame. - $219.99

This collection of blue morpho butterflies comes with 10 species

from the Morphiidae tribe. Double glass sided, 15 x 23" silicone

sealed frame. - $189.99

Blue Morpho Butterflies for Mom this Mother's Day

So you want to get Mom the best gift this year for Mother's Day, well look no further. 20% off our Mother's day selection plus free shipping. This particular Blue morpho butterfly is the Rhetenor cacica, that belongs to a special group of the Morphidae family.

The blue Morpho rhetenor helena is considered one of the most beautiful butterflies in the world. In my opinion, this is the king of the butterfly world. They are endemic to Peru, with greatest density around a village called Tingo Maria.

The name Helena comes from Helen of Troy, granted to this brilliant specimen by Staudinger in 1890. An appropriate name indeed.

7.25" x 6.5" Black frame with double pane glass front and back (see through). All frames are sealed.

Framed Butterflies with Free Shipping for Mother's Day

Here are a couple of framed butterfles I wanted to add to our Mother's Day Gift collection. Don't forget to get a great gift for Mom this year, and with free shipping there's no excuse. Click on the image to be taken to their page.

I also wanted to give a shout to We Sell Gods, an antique prints shop in San Francisco, California with some old school prints for Mom's and Teachers.

Real Framed Butterfly Heart Mother's Day Gift with Blue Morpho Butterflies

This framed butterfly heart has with two blue morpho butterflies surrounded by yellow, Phoebis argante butterflies mounted in black. A great Mother's Day gift for moms that love butterflies or a stunning addition to any butterfly collection. Free shipping this week. Click on the image to buy this piece.

Great Mother's Day Gift Ideas for Mom's that like butterflies

This is a real, framed blue morpho butterfly, Didius, framed in white. A great Mother's Day gift for moms that love butterflies or a stunning addition to any butterfly collection. This is just one of the many pieces in our Mother's Day collection from Ben the Butterfly Guy.

This is the very cool black and blue butterfly, the Napeocles jucunda, which also happens to be my favorite butterfly of all time. The wings look like a satin black spread along with a wing shape and pattern that resemble 2 penguins back to back getting ready for a duel.

A Real Mother's Day Gifts, Framed Blue Morpho Butterfly

This framed blue morpho butterfly is the famed Rhetenor cacica, known for his extra blue iridescence. Mounted in a black frame for those of you that are decorating your home and looking for something unique that will fit with your decor.

The Blue Morpho rhetenor butterflies are the true blue gems of the Neotropical Amazon Rainforest. They are the brightest of the blue morpho butterflies and are absolutely stunning. There are two sub species found under the Morpho rhetenor genus that are the Morpho rhetenor cacica and Morpho rhetenor helena. They was first described by Cramer in 1775.

What makes up their blue, iridescent shine is not the pigmentation of the scales on their wings, but rather the result of light diffraction where the light that hits the wings is altered upon reflection resulting in the brilliant blue hue we perceive with our eyes.

This is a piece from Ben the Butterfly Guy and has the following qualities:

≥ Each butterfly is spread entomologically and professionally preserved (we do not cut the
wings and glue them back on, use fake antennaes or fake bodies)

≥ 3" x 12" Black finished wood frame

≥ Our frames are not riker mounts nor shadow boxes, they are double-sided with crystal glass so you can see the front and backsides of each butterfly

≥ Each frame is tightly sealed with silicone

≥ Each order can be gift wrapped, include a message or detailed information on the
butterflies you are purchasing.

≥ If you have a special request or idea please feel free to contact me:

Ben@Benthebutterflyguy.com

Mother's Day 2011 with Real Framed Glasswing Butterflies

Almost all the Glasswing butterflies you see hear belong to the Satyriinae family with the exception of the Chorinea species which belongs to the stunning Riodinidae family (also known as the metalmarks for the brilliant, metallic hues) and a couple Ithomiinaes. Satyriinae are characterized by thicker veins on the wings, solidarity, and staying away from bright lights. They are also associated with host plants from the Monocotyledons family. Monococotyledons are plants such as palms, bamboos, and orchids. Cithearias in particular are preferential to palms.

A unique idea for a Mother's Day Butterfly Gift

The Glasswing Butterflies in this particular piece are (see more info below image):

Chorinea sylphina - This clearwing butterfly at first glance seems purely transparent in the open spaces of the wing patterns. However, when this butterfly is tilted to reflect light at different angles, you will find different hues of colors glimmering back. This butterfly, unlike most other larger Glasswings, belongs to the Riodinidae family of metalmarks.

Cithaerias merolina Male: The Male merolina can be found in dark damp rainforest and has a thinner body and notable pink on the lower wings. This beautiful butterfly belongs to the Satyridae family, which is an interesting family that includes butterflies that hire ants as personal bodyguards.

Haetera hypasia: This interesting looking Haetera is a cousin of the Piera and shares several characteristics. The patterns on this one are black, cube-like abstract. This is probably one of my favorites.

Godyris duilia (duillia) – This glasswing butterfly pertains to the Ithomiidae tribe, from the Nymphalidae family. As caterpillars they are fascinating, transparent little creatures that appear to be green because of the food that is traveling down their digestive track. Even the pupa is somewhat transparent, with the brown lines of their wings appearing darker and darker as they mature.

Haetera piera: The Haetera piera belongs to the Satyriinae family, and like the Cithaerias, is known to be found in dark damp places. Unlike the Cithaerrias they are known be found around bamboo plants as opposed to palms. They shun bright light, coming out around dusk and hanging out in the shadows and can be found in singles and pairs, hardly ever more then that.

*All frames are hand crafted and the quality and characteristics are much better then the common, one-sided Riker Mounts. One of the great benefits of double pane glass framing is that you can see the front and back sides of the mounted butterflies. In most cases involving Neotropical butterflies the front and back sides of the wings are distinctly different. The back many times displays a species distinct form of self defense.*

Every butterfly from Ben the Butterfly Guy comes the Eastern regions of Peru. All butterflies here are classified non-endangered by the international CITES listings as reviewed by both the Ministry of Agriculture from Peru and U.S. Fish and Wildlife in the States. Copies of documentation and clearance are available upon request.