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    Butterflies are insects in the order Lepidoptera with large, colorful wings. They have a four-stage life cycle of egg, caterpillar, pupa, and winged adult. As caterpillars, they feed on plants, and as adults they lay eggs on food plants. Some butterflies migrate long distances or have relationships with other organisms. Culturally, butterflies are popular artistic motifs.

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    Butterflies are insects in the order Lepidoptera with large, colorful wings. They have a four-stage life cycle of egg, caterpillar, pupa, and winged adult. As caterpillars, they feed on plants, and as adults they lay eggs on food plants. Some butterflies migrate long distances or have relationships with other organisms. Culturally, butterflies are popular artistic motifs.

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    Butterfly - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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    Butterfly
    From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    Butterflies are part of the class of insects in the order Lepidoptera, along with the moths. Adult
    butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The group
    comprises the large superfamily Papilionoidea, along with two smaller groups, the skippers
    (superfamily Hesperioidea) and the moth-butterflies (superfamily Hedyloidea). Butterfly fossils date to
    the Palaeocene, about 56 million years ago.

    Butterflies
    Temporal range: PalaeoceneRecent, 560 Ma
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    Butterflies have the typical four-stage insect life cycle. Winged adults lay eggs on the food plant on
    which their larvae, known as caterpillars, will feed. The caterpillars grow, sometimes very rapidly, and
    when fully developed pupate in a chrysalis. When metamorphosis is complete, the pupal skin splits,
    the adult insect climbs out and, after its wings have expanded and dried, it flies off. Some butterflies,
    especially in the tropics, have several generations in a year, while others have a single generation,
    and a few in cold locations may take several years to pass through their whole life cycle.
    Butterflies are often polymorphic, and many species make use of camouflage, mimicry and
    aposematism to evade their predators. Some, like the monarch and the painted lady, migrate over
    long distances. Some butterflies have parasitoidal relationships with organisms including protozoans,
    flies, ants, and other invertebrates, and are predated by vertebrates. Some species are pests
    because in their larval stages they can damage domestic crops or trees; other species are agents of
    pollination of some plants, and caterpillars of a few butterflies (e.g., harvesters) eat harmful insects.
    Culturally, butterflies are a popular motif in the visual and literary arts.

    Papilio machaon

    Scientific classification
    Kingdom:

    Animalia

    Phylum:

    Arthropoda

    Class:

    Insecta

    Order:

    Lepidoptera

    Suborder:

    Rhopalocera

    Subgroups
    Superfamily Hedyloidea:
    Hedylidae
    Superfamily
    Hesperioidea:
    Hesperiidae
    Superfamily
    Papilionoidea:
    Papilionidae
    Pieridae
    Nymphalidae
    Lycaenidae
    Riodinidae

    Papilio demoleus

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