Fall 2022 in the Butterfly Rainforest

The warm autumn days are a great time to see the butterflies and plants at the Butterfly Rainforest. In Florida, fall is generally warm and pleasant so plants continue blooming, from the large monstera flowers to the tiny orange medinilla blossoms. You never know what you’ll discover!

Orange medinilla flowers. Florida Museum photo by Ingrith Martinez

Monstera flower in the Butterfly Rainforest. Florida Museum photo by Ingrith Martinez

Pink bleeding heart vine flowers. Florida Museum photo by Ingrith Martinez

Perigrina flowers after a fall rain. Florida Museum photo by Ingrith Martinez

Need a peaceful break? Stop by the waterfall and spend some time listening to the water and watching the butterflies dance.

Our exhibit keepers work hard to maintain a wide variety of plants for the exhibit residents and our visitors to enjoy. Many thanks to Ingrith for sharing her daily photos with us.

Staghorn fern in the Butterfly Rainforest. Florida Museum photo by Ingrith Martinez

waterfall surrounded by bromeliad plants

A lovely place to spend an hour and enjoy the tranquility. Florida Museum photo by Ingrith Martinez

brown butterfly with blue on the edges of the wings and tan marking along the edges

Great Eggfly, Hypolimnas bolina, has a wingspan of 3.0-3.5 in. Florida Museum photo by Ingrith Martinez

Butterfly with wings closed. Butterfly is shades of brown and tan

Silver-striped Charaxes, Charaxes lasti. This species is originally from the East Coast of Africa (Ethiopia, Somalia, and Kenya) Florida Museum photo by Ingrith Martinez

large butterfly with a red body and black wings with large swallowtail tips.

Pink Rose, Pachliopta kotzebuea. This species is originally from Philippines. Florida Museum photo by Ingrith Martinez

Butterfly with its wings open. The wings are black and yellow with swallowtail tips

Male Torquatas Swallowtail, Papilio torquatas, has a wingspan of 2.5-3.3 in. This species is originally from Central and Southern Africa. Florida Museum photo by Ingrith Martinez

butterfly with its wings open. Butterfly is orange near the butterfly's body, has an orange stripe near the wing center, and a white tip near the wings end.

We have many longwing species in the Butterfly Rainforest. Florida Museum photo by Ingrith Martinez

butterfly with wings open, Butterfly is black with a wide yellow stripe through the center of the wing and blue marking along the wing edges.

Giant Charaxes, Charaxes castor. This species is originally from Central and Southern Africa. Florida Museum photo by Ingrith Martinez

stream and waterfall surrounded with green plants

Stop by the waterfall while at the Butterfly Rainforest. Florida Museum photo by Ingrith Martinez

Fringed hibiscus. Florida Museum photo by Ingrith Martinez

Firespike flowers in the Butterfly Rainforest. Florida Museum photo by Ingrith Martinez

Butterfly with its wings closed butterfly is black with a wide orange stripe

Variable Longwing, Heliconius numata, has a wingspan of 2.5 to 3.4 in. Florida Museum photo by Ingrith Martinez

orange and black butterfly on a green flower stalk

Viceroy, Limenitis Archippus. This species is originally from North & Central America. Florida Museum photo by Ingrith Martinez