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15 amazing facts about butterflies

  1. Butterflies taste with their feet. Butterflies have tastebuds on their feet to help them find food and taste the juice.
  2. A group of butterflies is called a “swarm“, “rabble”, “kaleidoscope” or “flutter” of butterflies.
  3. Butterflies eyes are made of 6,000 lenses and they are able see ultraviolet light.
    Earth has been endowed with 28,000 different species of butterfly. 1504 different types of butterflies found in India.
  4. Female Queen Alexandra’s birdwings are the biggest butterflies in the world, boasting a wingspan of around 27 Centimetres. 
  5. Some butterflies species lay their only in one type of plant, the process of caterpiller transformed into butterfly is called Metamorphosis.
  6. The metamorphosis of a butterfly typically takes around 4 weeks, but the exact duration can vary depending on the species, environmental conditions, and availability of food.
  7. Butterflies are essentially cold blooded.
  8. Most butterflies fly at speeds ranging from 5 to 12 miles per hour (8 to 20 kilometers per hour).
  9. A long, coiled, tube-like structure that butterflies use to drink nectar from flowers is called Proboscis.
  10. Butterflies gather on moist ground, mud, or puddles to extract nutrients, primarily minerals like sodium. This behavior is called “Pudding” and is essential for their nutrition and reproductive success.
  11. Some butterflies have been drinking blood from open wound on animals.
  12. Most adult butterflies live only one or two weeks, but some species hibernate during the winter and may live several months.
  13. Butterflies have 4 wings not 2.
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