Butterflies are very pretty. The white fluffy slender wings are slightly transparent, like pure white tulle, and there are some slender and delicate patterns on the wings, which are exquisite and elegant.

Butterflies are known as "flying flowers" and are very beautiful insects. Most butterflies are medium to large in size, with a wingspan of 15 to 260 mm, and have two pairs of membranous wings.

The body has a long cylindrical shape and is divided into three parts: head, thorax and abdomen. The body and wing membranes are covered with scales and hairs that form stripes of various colors.

There are many kinds of butterflies. According to relevant documents, there are more than 14,000 species of butterflies recorded in the world.

According to their morphological structure, evolutionary development and kinship, entomologists divide the wide variety of butterflies into sixteen families, and each family is divided into several genera.

Common types are:

Pink butterfly.

It is a large family of butterflies, with nearly 1300 species, widely distributed all over the world.

They are lively or quiet. They are lighter in color, usually white, yellow, orange, and often with black or red markings. They are usually medium or small.

Papilio.

It is a butterfly of the order Lepidoptera. Named for the tail-like protrusions on its hind wings. However, some species don't actually have such graceful and slender "phoenix tails".

Clam butterfly.

Small but beautiful butterfly, closely related to the gray butterfly family. Most are found in South America. It flies fast, but doesn't fly very far.

When it stops, its wings spread out like seashells, hence the name.

Habits of butterflies.

Developmental stage.

Butterflies are completely metamorphic insects, and they need to go through four developmental stages: egg, larva, pupa and adult. The first three developmental stages are often called the larval stage.

The developmental process of a butterfly egg from leaving the mother body to adult sexual maturity is called the life cycle or life history, and such a process is often referred to as a generation.

Activity time.

Butterflies are diurnal insects, their activity is during the day, and their flight attitude and speed vary from species to species.

Food.

Larval stage: When the butterfly is in the larval stage, it mainly feeds on the leaves, flower buds, stems and leaves of various vegetables, etc.

Adult stage: mainly feed on nectar or plant sap.

Feeding characteristics.

After the butterfly larvae hatch, some species will rest for a while, some species will directly eat the host plant, and some species will first eat the eggshell and then the plant.

Spawning characteristics.

Normally, most female butterflies lay their eggs on the plants of their host plants, but different species choose to lay their eggs in different locations.

Eggs are laid in plant stems or bark folds.

Butterfly has become an important indicator species of ecological environment because of its sensitivity to ecological environment change.