Butterfly, also known as nymphalus, floating butterfly, arthropod, winged subclass, a flying animal. It is distributed in America, Amazon River Basin and other regions. It is also widely distributed in Asia, China and other regions. There are about 14000 kinds of butterflies in the world. But the most common ones are pink butterfly, nymphalus butterfly and Phoenix butterfly.
There are many patterns on butterflies. Different butterflies have many different patterns. Butterflies are generally brightly colored as a whole. If the butterfly spreads its wings, it can reach about 28-31 cm, and some small butterflies can only reach about 0.6 cm. But the general body size of butterflies is 5-10cm. The total body is divided into head, chest and abdomen. Two pairs of wings and three feet. Butterfly wings are usually the largest part of the body. When the butterfly rests, the wings will stand on its back. Butterfly wings are like our human raincoats. No matter wind or rain, it can play a protective role. Even if it rains heavily, butterflies can fly.
For where butterflies live. My usually live in leaves as its nest. Butterflies are social animals. Generally, after the nest is built with leaves. They all live together. As the saying goes, rabbits don’t eat nest grass. But it’s different for butterflies, because butterflies usually eat nest grass. They will never fly far away to collect food. Are looking for nearby food. It can be said to be a very lazy animal. But for flowers, they are very hardworking animals. Because flowers bloom mainly by butterflies to collect honey.
As for what butterflies eat, they should have different food for different periods. For example, when butterflies are still larvae, they like to eat leaf food, and others eat some flower buds. But for mature butterflies. Generally, it is mainly nectar, but different butterflies have different habits. For example, some butterflies, nymphalus lilacinus, feed on the sour pulp of poplar.