Where do butterflies sleep?

Poisonous butterflies have a particular smell that protects them better when they sleep together. One species from Costa Rica whose scientific name is Marpesia berania sleeps in groups on leaves. If one butterfly of the group is disturbed, it opens its wings and touches its neighbors. read more

To go to sleep, butterflies look for a safe place like the underside of a leaf or a branch, for example. Most butterflies sleep alone, but there are also species sleeping in groups. Poisonous butterflies have a particular smell that probably protects them better when they sleep together. read more

At night, or during inclement weather, most butterflies perch on the underside of a leaf, crawl deep between blades of grass or into a crevice in rocks, or find some other shelter, and sleep. read more