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  • Camouflaged hind wing of a yellow admiral on a leaf
    Rights: Norm Twigge, Monarch Butterfly NZ Trust Published 16 May 2010 Size: 190 KB Referencing Hub media

    The upper sides of native1 butterfly wings are often colourful, but the hind wings (underside) are dull and patterned so they are camouflaged when their wings are closed.

    1. native: A species that lives naturally in a country, as opposed to species that have been introduced by the activity of humans. 
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    2. A species that lives naturally in a country, as opposed to species that have been introduced by the activity of humans.