Silver Salamis - 3D Tabletop DisplaySilver Salamis (Salamis duprei) Wingspan: 2 1 2 2 3 4 inches Origin: Africa The Silver Salamis (Clouded Mother of Pearl, Mother of Pearl Butterfly, Pearl Crescent, or Pearl Butterfly) reminds our artist of scratch off tickets Not only because of the silver in its wings but because it's a winner! The silver actually has a gorgeous iridescence to it, flashing pale pinks, oranges, yellows, and purples depending on the angle you see it from. The underside

To choose your butterflies

Pink Glasswing (Cithaerias aurora/ Cithaerias merolina/ Cithaerias aurorina)

in a variety of warm browns to shimmering blues

If you hold the butterfly parallel to the ground and slowly turn the head up until it's perpendicular

Double Blue Butterfly (Anaea cyanea) & Sparkling Cherub (Doxocopa cherubina)

it is a little less vibrant

almost double the size of the Flight of 8 cases and 50% deeper

The Red Glider is just so romantic

so be extra careful

No matter which side you choose

The Harlequin Butterfly (Spotted Lilac Tree Nymph) has two very different faces

The Diaethria species are known as the "88's" because many have a mesmerizing pattern on their hindwings that looks like an "88"