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| Photo by Toor Por. |
According
to Wikipedia, Butterfly 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
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.
Toor
Por "This butterfly I saw it after raining, it looks so beautiful but I do
not know a name of it. When I look at it, I seem like I see eyes which have
yellow around. Sometime, it look so cute, but sometime it makes me scare."
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