Many butterflies live in tropical rainforests, but more live in Central and South America than anywhere else. Many types of butterflies have very little known about them, because they live in very dense forests and are very hard to spot. Each of these butterflies has something interesting about itself. The cattle heart swallowtail can be seen flying from sea level to 5000 feet high. The purple spotted swallowtail lives in the dense forests of New Guinea, and very little is known about it.
Some swallowtails have red spots on their wings.
This makes their predators attack their wings instead of their body, giving the butterfly a chance to escape. Morphos butterflies are dazzling butterflies. Some species are hunted, and their wings are made into jewelry. However, this might not effect the population, because only males are hunted.