Garden Flowers

Marble Buttterflyon Resting on a Chinese Ixora Blossom

Flower Ixora Chinensis
Grown in tropical climates, they flower year round and are commonly used in Hindu worship, as well as Indian flok medicine.

The marble butterfly is a member of the Nymphalidae family, the largest family butterflies with more than 6,000 species throughout the world. Sometimes called the brush-footed or four footed because the are known to stand on only four legs while the other two are curled up.