Summer 2022 in the Butterfly Rainforest – Exhibits

It’s been gorgeous in our Butterfly Rainforest! This summer we saw tropical blue wave butterflies, fringed hibiscus flowers, quail, and turtles here in the exhibit. Summers get pretty active around here but we hope you had a chance to take a look!

As you stroll through the lush exhibit, see how many species you can find fluttering around you and resting on flowers, rocks and under leaves. And while we talk about the butterflies in the exhibit a lot, visitors are often delighted by the variety of plants and flowers they encounter as they enjoy the lush jungle.

Our exhibit keepers work hard to maintain a wide variety of plants for the exhibit residents and our visitors to enjoy. You never know what you’ll discover! Many thanks to Ingrith for sharing her daily photos with us.

black and yellow butterfly with wings open

Torquatus swallowtail butterfly. Florida Museum photo by Ingrith Martinez

close up of black butterfly with vivid orange markings

Longwing butterfly. Florida Museum photo by Ingrith Martinez

small blue flower

Weeping blue ginger flower. Florida Museum photo by Ingrith Martinez

many pink trumpet-like flowers on thin green branches

Chinese rain bells. Florida Museum photo by Ingrith Martinez

close up of black butterfly with red markings near the head and wing tips

Common rose butterfly. Florida Museum photo by Ingrith Martinez

red stamen with yellow pollen

Fringed hibiscuss stamen. Florida Museum photo by Ingrith Martinez

iridescent blue butterfly next to an orange and white flower

Morpho butterfly and shrimp plant flower. Florida Museum photo by Ingrith Martinez

two turtles sitting on a log suspended over a shallow pebbled lined stream at the Butterfly rainforest

Turtles at the Butterfly Rainforest. Florida Museum photo by Ingrith Martinez

close up of a black and green butterfly

Emerald swallowtail butterfly. Florida Museum photo by Ingrith Martinez

close up of brown, blue, and orange butterfly with wings closed

Red spotted purple butterfly,Limenitis arthemis Astyanax. Florida Museum photo by Ingrith Martinez

grey and brown quail sitting on a rock

Quail at the Butterfly Rainforest. Florida Museum photo by Ingrith Martinez

small white flower

White candles flower. Florida Museum photo by Ingrith Martinez

white brown and orange butterfly with the sun shinning through its wings

Red-spot diadem butterfly. Florida Museum photo by Ingrith Martinez

blue, white and black butterfly

Tropical blue wave butterfly. Florida Museum photo by Ingrith Martinez

orange, brown, and white butterfly

Scarlet peacock butterfly on bromeliad leaf. Florida Museum photo by Ingrith Martinez

plant with small fan-shaped leaves

Brittle maiden hair fern. Florida Museum photo by Ingrith Martinez

orange and black butterfly with wings open

Viceroy butterfly. Florida Museum photo by Ingrith Martinez

red and yellow flower

Sancheezia flower. Florida Museum photo by Ingrith Martinez

bright red flower

Fringed hibiscus flower. Florida Museum photo by Ingrith Martinez