butterflies

     

A butterfly is an insect of the orer Lepidoptera. Like all Lepidoptera, butterflies are notable for their unusual life cycle with a larval caterpillar stage, an inactive pupal stage, and a spectacular metamorphosis into a familiar and colourful winged adult form. Most species are day-flying so they regularly attract attention. The diverse patterns formed by their brightly coloured wings and their erratic yet graceful flight have made butterfly watching a fairly popular hobby.

Trivia about butterflies

  • Added to the list in 1997 were the Quino Checkerspot & Laguna Mountains Skipper, types of these
  • Tiger swallowtail,Queen Alexandra's birdwing,great purple hairstreak
  • Skippers, moths & these insects make up the order Lepidoptera
  • The comma & the question mark are 2 angelwing species of these fluttering insects
  • A steamy 1998 issue reports on sexual attraction in the orange sulphur species of this colorful insect
  • The lantana is valued as a plant for its ability to attract hummingbirds and these flutterers
  • A lepidopterist
  • The Zuni believe that when the kachina Paiyatemu played the flute, these insects fluttered into existence
  • Examples include the two-tailed pasha & the zebra swallowtail
  • Instead of throwing rice, some guests release these insects--painted ladies, for example
  • In Zuni myth, a kachina named Paiyatemu attracted these colorfully winged insects when she played the flute
  • Prints of these insects were big in '99, whether swallowtails or monarchs we don't know
  • Over half of the insects listed as endangered in the U.S. are types of these, & many of them are blue
  • The Xerces Blue of this insect, native to sand dunes in San Francisco's Sunset District, became extinct in the 1940s
  • These insects belong to the superfamily Papilionoidea in the order Lepidoptera
  • Parnassian &Gossamer-winged

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