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Butterfly

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 Butterfly is an nectar-feeding insect with two pairs of large, typically brightly coloured wings that are covered with microscopic scales. Butterflies are distinguished from moths by having clubbed or dilated antennae, holding their wings erect when at rest, and being active by day.

Butterflies are beautiful, flying insects with large scaly wings. Like all insects, they have six jointed legs, 3 body parts, a pair of antennae, compound eyes, and an exoskeleton. The three body parts are the head, thorax (the chest), and abdomen (the tail end).

The butterfly’s body is covered by tiny sensory hairs. The four wings and the six legs of the butterfly are attached to the thorax. The thorax contains the muscles that make the legs and wings move.

Swallowtails are strong fliers.

Butterflies are very good fliers. They have two pairs of large wings covered with colorful, iridescent scales in overlapping rows. Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths) are the only insects that have scaly wings. The wings are attached to the butterfly’s thorax (mid-section). Veins support the delicate wings and nourish them with blood.

Butterflies can only fly if their body temperature is above 86 degrees. Butterflies sun themselves to warm up in cool weather. As butterflies age, the color of the wings fades and the wings become ragged.

The speed varies among butterfly species (the poisonous varieties are slower than non-poisonous varieties). The fastest butterflies (some skippers) can fly at about 30 mile per hour or faster. Slow flying butterflies fly about 5 mph.

Butterflies are found all over the world and in all types of environments: hot and cold, dry and moist, at sea level and high in the mountains. Most butterfly species, however, are found in tropical areas, especially tropical rainforests.

Many butterflies migrate in order to avoid adverse environmental conditions (like cold weather). Butterfly migration is not well understood. Most migrate relatively short distances (like the Painted Lady, the Red Admiral, and the Common Buckeye), but a few (like some monarch) migrate thousands of miles.

IMPORTANCE OF BUTTERFLY

1.They are part of food chain

2.They acts as natural pest control

3.They are pollinators

4.leaves some weeds

Flowers are important for butterfly

facts of butterfly

1.There are 24,0000 species of butterfly

2.They don't have noses and lungs

They have two 'compound' eyes which bring together thousands of tiny lenses in each eye.

Butterflies have four wings. The beautiful patterns on the wings of a butterfly vary across species and have intrigued scientists for decades.

What is the largest butterfly in the world?

Queen Alexandra's birdwing is the largest butterfly in the world. The species is endangered and is one of only three insects (the other two being butterflies as well) to be listed on Appendix I of CITES, making international trade illegal. Black grass-dart butterfly (Ocadizes knight Orum) is a butterfly of the family Hesperidia.

What is the life cycle of a butterfly?

The vast majority of butterflies have a four-stage life cycle; egg, larva (caterpillar), pupa (chrysalis) and imago (adult). In the genera Colias, Erebia, Euchloe, and Parnassias, a small number of species are known that reproduce semi-parthenogenetically; when the female dies, a partially developed larva emerges from her abdomen.

THERE ARE SO MANY TYPES OF BUTTERFLY

Butterflies feed on sugar-rich nectar produced by flowers, succulent interior parts of ripe fruits, and tree sap. They utilize olfactory senses to detect their desired plant and cover wide distances just to reach it. When they are searching for food, butterflies prefer big, colorful flowers that have a landing platform. As they get to such a flower, they gather pollen on their thin, long legs as they siphon nectar with their long tube-like tongues.💗🦋

Butterflies Reduce Pollution

Some species of butterflies help to reduce air pollution by absorbing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. High levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide contribute to global warming. Examples of these butterflies are monarch butterflies and caterpillars.

Butterflies Act As Biological Pest Control

The modern farmers are resorting to the traditional methods of farming which involved the use of natural fertilizers that were made from organic materials like cow dung and plant wastes. This new strategy is emanating from the fact that the inorganic fertilizers have affected soil fertility and some plants have become resistant to them. Rather than use chemical fertilizers that are harmful to both the soil and plants, farmers could also utilize natural pest control such as butterflies. The Hoverfly larvae, a species of butterfly, feed on aphids which attack plants now and then.

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