Butterflies
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. The group comprises the large superfamily Papilionoidea, which contains at least one former group, the skippers (formerly the superfamily "Hesperioidea") and the most recent analyses suggest it also contains the moth-butterflies (formerly the superfamily "Hedyloidea"). 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. 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.
Culturally, butterflies are a popular motif in the visual and literary arts.
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Butterfly Effect – Framed Giclee Canvas by Dallen Lambson
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Checkered Swallowtail Butterfly - Art Prints by Richard Reynolds
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Monarch Butterfly - Art Prints by Richard Reynolds
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Wallaces Golden Birdwing - Art Prints by Richard Reynolds
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Trajans Forest Queen - Art Prints by Richard Reynolds
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Sulkowski Blue Butterfly Art Prints by Richard Reynolds
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Shining Red Charaxes - Art Prints by Richard Reynolds
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Rose Common Butterfly Art Prints by Richard Reynolds
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Red Mormon Butterfly Art Prints by Richard Reynolds
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Purple Spotted Swallowtail Butterfly Art Prints by Richard Reynolds
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Priams Birdwing Art Prints by Richard Reynolds
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Prepona Praeneste Confusa Butterfly Art Prints by Richard Reynolds
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Pink Glasswing - Art Prints by Richard Reynolds
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Peacock Butterfly Art Prints by Richard Reynolds
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