BUTTERFLIES
Insect         -       Invertebrate       -   Herbivore
Male:  Butterfly
Female:  Butterfly
Young:  Caterpillar, Larva, Pupa, Chrysalis
​BUTTERFLIES
 ​There are 24,000 species of butterflies.
  • ​Have a lifecycle is in four parts:
  •     -    Egg
  •     -    Larva (caterpillars)
  •     -    Pupa (chrysalis)
  •     -    Adult butterfly
  • Most caterpillars are herbivores.
  • Have four wings.
  • Have two compound eyes consisting of thousands of lenses.
  • Can only see the colours yellow, green and red.
  • A female butterfly has a second stomach attached to its vagina.
  • Have two compound eyes consisting of thousands of lenses, but can only see the colours red, green and yellow.
  • Feed on nectar from flowers and in order to supplement this diet, it will occasionally sip from mud puddles.
  • Taste with their feet.
  • Can fly at 12 miles per hour.
  • Cannot fly if its body temperature is less than 86 degrees.
  • A newly emerged butterfly cannot fly.
  • The original name for Butterflies was actually 'fluttery'.
  • Have hairs on their wings used to detect changes in air pressure.
  • The world's smallest butterfly is the Dwarf Blue butterfly.