Question: Can butterflies be albino?

[johana]

Hiya. I am not an expert in this field of study but this has been a question on my mind for a while now. It seems I cannot find much information regarding this question and so I am asking here.

www.ukbutterflies.co.uk/aberrations.php?species=tithonus ; This mentions albinism but this was a documentation book back in the 1960s?

Any answer is welcome, thanks and cheers.

[Adam Cotton]

Indeed, albino aberrations of butterflies do occur rarely.

This photo from your link above
www.ukbutterflies.co.uk/photo_album/source/8bb267f03a0d5a691dcbeaacd862d4d0.jpg
certainly seems to be an albino aberration.

Adam.

[johana]

Thanks Adam!