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Is a butterfly an insect?

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Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. ... Butterflies have the typical four-stage insect life cycle. read more

Butterfly fossils date to the Paleocene, which was 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. read more

Insects are a special group of arthropods. All insects share several, easily-recognizable external characteristics including: read more

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