User:Jessicacezar/Udara blackburnii

(transferred from Laulima)

Comments by A Faucci (Apr 13):
 * Great work overall!
 * See my suggestions for deletions ( strikethrough ) or additions (underlined)
 * Make sure you integrate the text that is already on Wikipedia with your additional information so that it makes sense and there is not too much overlap. (link to Article already on Wikipedia)
 * Nice work in citing your references. Make sure that you use the "cite function above to cite your references and enter the    information for the reference the right way. Reach out if you need help or watch some of the help videos on how to do that properly.
 * Watch for duplication of your references: Reference 2 and 4 are the same.
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 * Distribution and Habitat: Include that this species is endemic to Hawaiʻi and only found on the islands of (list where they can be found instead of where they cannot be found)
 * Cultural significance. Great info, however, unless it is specific to this exact species delete that section.

Article Draft
 Udara blackburni  is known as the Koa Butterfly. It is one of two butterflies that are native to Hawai'i. These butterflies have outer wings that are blue, while their inner wings are green and they are only about an inch in length.

Description and Biology
These butterflies have a wingspan of about an inch[1]. The upper sides of their wings are blue and they usually display their wings upright to show the underside of their wings which are green. They feed on the flower nectar with their long coiled up proboscis but the caterpillars feed on the Koa tree and the ‘a'ali'i, olomea, and mamaki plants.

Distribution and Habitat
This species is endemic to Hawai'i and can be found on the islands of Kaua'i, Oahu, Maui, Molaka'i, Lana'i, and Hawai'i Island. The only two islands that don’t have these butterflies are Ni'ihau and Kaho’olawe.

Cultural Significance
Native insects developed a lot of cultural meaning to Polynesians in the Hawaiian Islands[3].