Clipper butterflies enjoy some food at the Butterflies and Blooms exhibit at the Chicago Botanic Garden August 17. | Curtis Lehmkuhl~Sun-Times Media

A blue moon butterfly perches on a flower at the Butterflies and Blooms exhibit in the Chicago Botanic Garden August 17. | Curtis Lehmkuhl~Sun-Times Media

Sara Fine (left) and Malachai Nash of Northbrook check out a butterfly perched on a guest's hand in the Butterflies and Blooms exhibit in the Chicago Botanic Garden August 17. | Curtis Lehmkuhl~Sun-Times Media

(Left to right) Brook, Lauren and Donna Brown of Deerfield check out all the different butterflies in the Butterflies and Blooms exhibit at the Chicago Botanic Garden August 17. | Curtis Lehmkuhl~Sun-Times Media

Butterflies fly around the enclosure in the Butterflies and Blooms exhibit at the Chicago Botanic Garden August 17. | Curtis Lehmkuhl~Sun-Times Media

A paper kite butterfly rests in a flowerbed at the Butterflies and Blooms exhibit in the Chicago Botanic Garden August 17. | Curtis Lehmkuhl~Sun-Times Media

Shane Patt of Lake Forest has a butterfly rest on his hand in the Butterflies and Blooms exhibit in the Chicago Botanic Garden August 17. | Curtis Lehmkuhl~Sun-Times Media

Edward Keating of Schaumburg checks out a butterfly resting on a guest's leg in the Butterflies and Blooms exhibit at the Chicago Botanic Garden August 17. | Curtis Lehmkuhl~Sun-Times Media