BUTTERFLY

Butterflies are winged insects of the order Lepidoptera.

They are the adult version of caterpillars. They are one
of animals that undergo a metamorphosis cycle in their
live to became adult. There are around 18.500 species
of butterfly in the world and they inhabited all region
except Antarctica. They feed mainly on nectar from
flowers. They can be found easily in grasslands,
highlands, temperate regions, snowy mountains,
deserts, and forests

Just like any other insects, the body of a butterfly is

divided into three sections, they are: the head,
thorax, and abdomen. The head consist of eyes,
mouth, antenna and a proboscis that can be
coiled. The proboscis is located right above their
mouth, between their eyes. They use it to sip the
nectar of flowers. There are three segment of
their thorax and each of it has a pair of legs, so made by:
they have six legs in total. Their wings are also Talitha Anindya Reswara/9F/31
located on the thorax. Their forewings are wider
inspiration by:
than their hindwings. These wings are decorated
with various colors and patterns. Moh Tasor, S.Pd.
When butterflies feeling danger of other animals,
butterflies hide by using their wings like leaf, but
scales on the wings easily separated.Butterflies
breathe with trakea. They have suction mouth nectar
of flowers. While on stage caterpillar, they are eaten
leaves of some plants. Each species of butterflies can
reach various maximum body size. Some of them can
reach the size of 25 cm while others can only reach
the size of 3 to 5 cm. A species that is considered to
be the largest butterfly in the world is Queen
Alexandra's Birdwing or also known as Ornithopetra
alexandrae. It is recorded that the life span of a
butterfly is around 12 months. When butterflies
feeling danger of other animals, butterflies
hide by using their wings like leaf, but scales
on the wings easily separated.Butterflies
breathe with trakea. They have suction mouth
nectar of flowers. While on stage caterpillar,
they are eaten leaves of some plants.