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A butterfly is a flying insect of the order Lepidoptera belonging to one of the superfamilies Hesperioidea (the skippers) and Papilionoidea (all other butterflies). Many butterflies have striking colours and patterns on their wings. People who study or collect butterflies (or the closely- related moths) are called lepidopterists

Unlike many insects, butterflies do not experience a nymph period, but instead go through a pupal stage which lies between the larva and the adult stage (the imago).

Egg
Larva, known as a caterpillar
Pupa (chrysalis)
Adult butterfly (imago)

Butterfly eggs consist of a hard-ridged outer layer of shell, called the chorion. This is lined with a thin coating of wax which prevents the egg from drying out before the larva has had time to fully develop. Each egg contains a number of tiny funnel-shaped openings at one end, called micropyles; the purpose of these holes is to allow sperm to enter and fertilize the egg. Butterfly and moth eggs vary greatly in size between species, but they are all either spherical or ovate.

Larvae, or caterpillars, are multi-legged eating machines. They consume plant leaves and spend practically all of their time in search of food. As they mature their skin is shed several times.

When the larva has eaten enough it will will form a chrysalis (Butterflies do not spin cocoons, moths do.) The larva usually moves to the underside of a leaf. To form a cocoon it spins a silk-like thread around itself. A chrysalis is formed by hardening bodily secretions. A larva completely covered by a cocoon or chrysalis is called a pupa. Inside its protective shell the larva will transform into a butterfly (or moth), a process known as metamorphosis.

The adult, sexually mature, stage of the insect is known as the imago. As Lepidoptera, butterflies have four wings, but unlike moths, the fore and hindwings are not hooked together, permitting a more graceful flight. A butterfly has six legs; the larva also has six true legs and a number of prolegs. After it emerges from its pupal stage it cannot fly for some time because its wings have not yet unfolded. A newly emerged butterfly needs to spend some time 'inflating' its wings with blood and letting them dry, during which time it is extremely vulnerable to predators.

Many species of butterfly are sexually dimorphic. Some butterflies, such as the Monarch butterfly, are migratory.

Butterflies are often confused with moths, but there are a few simple differences between them, including colour, habits, and pupating appearance. See the difference between a butterfly and a moth.

Butterflies live primarily on nectar from flowers. Some also derive nourishment from pollen, tree sap, rotting fruit, dung, and dissolved minerals in wet sand or dirt. Butterflies are also pollinators.

Source: Wikipedia Read more about Butterflies

VIDEO CLIPS

Butterfly
1.281MB MOV View Movie
Dragonfly web pages - Miami University, Ohio
Monarch butterfly emerging from a chrysalis

Caterpillar
0.687MB MOV View Movie
The greatest places
close-up of a catapillar on a leaf

Butterfly
0.545MB MOV View Movie
Oklahoma City Zoo
Butterfly at Oklahoma city zoo

Butterfly
Streaming RAM View Movie
OutbackPro
Butterflies, Buffalo National River

Great Spangle Fritillary
0.292MB MOV View Movie
Insects in Motion - Entomology Department at Virginia Tech
Great Spangled Fritillary feeding on Butterfly Weed flowers. Moving about the flower is the curled, elongated proboscis, which the butterfly uses to siphon nectar.

Painted Lady Butterfly
0.434MB MOV View Movie
Insects in Motion - Entomology Department at Virginia Tech
Painted Lady Butterfly larvae (1st instar) feeding on mallow leaves.

Painted Lady Butterfly
0.850MB MOV View Movie
Insects in Motion - Entomology Department at Virginia Tech
Close-up view of Painted Lady Butterfly larva feeding on artificial diet

Great Spangle Fritillary
0.820MB MOV View Movie
Insects in Motion - Entomology Department at Virginia Tech
Close-up view of proboscis of a Great Spangled Fritillary

Painted Lady Butterfly
0.843MB MOV View Movie
Insects in Motion - Entomology Department at Virginia Tech
Painted Lady Butterfly female laying eggs on mallow leaves. The eggs look like small, clear, greenish balls on the leaf.

Painted Lady Butterfly
1.405MB MOV View Movie
Insects in Motion - Entomology Department at Virginia Tech
Painted Lady Butterfly larva eating its way out of the egg case. Note that larvae have emerged from the clear colored egg cases, while the dark ones still contain unhatched larvae.

Painted Lady Butterfly
0.808MB MOV View Movie
Insects in Motion - Entomology Department at Virginia Tech
Painted Lady Butterfly chrysalid. Notice that the head capsule from the larva falls off before the chrysalid stage. The butterfly goes through its final tranformation during the chrysalid stage, then emerges as an adult butterfly.

Butterfly
1.454MB MOV View Movie
Yukon Butterflies
Watch an on-line metamorphosis and learn about the life-cycle of the Painted Lady Butterfly as it transforms from larva to caterpillar to adult butterfly

Pearl-bordered fritillary
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Arkive.org
Nice selection of Pearl-bordered fritillary video clips available in various formats

Small pearl-bordered fritillary
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Arkive.org
Nice selection of Small pearl-bordered fritillary video clips available in various formats

Large heath
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Arkive.org
Nice selection of Large heath video clips available in various formats

Marsh fritillary
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Arkive.org
Nice selection of Marsh fritillary video clips available in various formats

Silver-spotted skipper
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Arkive.org
Nice selection of Silver-spotted skipper video clips available in various formats

Adonis blue
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Arkive.org
Nice selection of Adonis blue video clips available in various formats

Heath fritillary
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Arkive.org
Nice selection of Heath fritillary video clips available in various formats

Silver-studded blue
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Arkive.org
Nice selection of Silver-studded blue video clips available in various formats

Lulworth skipper
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Arkive.org
Nice selection of Lulworth skipper video clips available in various formats

Butterfly
8.438MB MPG View Movie
University of Alberta
Pupation of Mourning Cloak Larvae

Butterfly
5.036MB MPG View Movie
University of Alberta
Pupation of Mourning Cloak Butterfly

Butterfly
Streaming RPM View Movie
Woodland Park Zoo
Clip of Butterfly; your browser may not be aware of the 'rpm' extension. You may have to copy URL and open the link in RealPlayer

Plains Cupid Butterfly
1.829MB MPEG View Movie
thaibugs.com
Plains Cupid butterflies (Lycaenidae- Chilades pandava) mating. Takes a while to download. Might be better to save to disk first and play later.

Lemon Emigrant Butterfly
1.439MB MPG View Movie
thaibugs.com
Female Lemon Emigrant making it clear to males that she is not available. Takes a while to download. Might be better to save to disk first and play later.

Silverline Butterfly
2.178MB MPG View Movie
thaibugs.com
Silverline butterfly (Spindasis lohita) opening wings in the early morning sun. Takes a while to download. Might be better to save to disk first and play later.

Skipper butterfly
22.950MB AVI View Movie
Texas A&M University
Extension of skipper butterfly proboscis

Butterfly
0.939MB MOV View Movie
Creatas
Close-up of a caterpillar eating a leaF

Butterfly
0.668MB MOV View Movie
Creatas
Close-up of a caterpillar eating a leaF

Butterfly
0.701MB MOV View Movie
Creatas
Butterfly on gathering nectar from flower

Butterfly
0.668MB MOV View Movie
Creatas
Butterfly flexing wings on flower stem

Butterfly
0.422MB MOV View Movie
Creatas
Butterfly flexing wings on flower stem

Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly
0.324MB MOV View Movie
Finley-Holiday Films
Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly

Butterfly
0.474MB MOV View Movie
Wrightwood Labs
Butterfly sitting on a leaf. Butterfly then flies off. South America

Monarch Butterfly
1.455MB MOV View Movie
Wrightwood Labs
Lone Monarch butterfly on green plant with purple flowers

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