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    The Butterfly: Lepidopteres

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    The document describes the butterfly, an insect of the order Lepidoptera. Butterflies have two pairs of membranous wings covered in colored scales, can fly up to 20 km/h, and most species are active during the day. Their life cycle includes an egg stage, larva stage where they feed, a pupa stage where they develop in a cocoon, and finally the imago or adult stage. They serve as important pollinators for many plant species.

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    The document describes the butterfly, an insect of the order Lepidoptera. Butterflies have two pairs of membranous wings covered in colored scales, can fly up to 20 km/h, and most species are active during the day. Their life cycle includes an egg stage, larva stage where they feed, a pupa stage where they develop in a cocoon, and finally the imago or adult stage. They serve as important pollinators for many plant species.

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    The document describes the butterfly, an insect of the order Lepidoptera. Butterflies have two pairs of membranous wings covered in colored scales, can fly up to 20 km/h, and most species are active during the day. Their life cycle includes an egg stage, larva stage where they feed, a pupa stage where they develop in a cocoon, and finally the imago or adult stage. They serve as important pollinators for many plant species.

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    The Butterfly

    The butterfly is an insect of the order Lepidopteres, which


    means “wings in scale”. The scales are coloured. They measure
    about 3mm to 30cm. They can fly up to 20 km/h. Most species
    are diurnal. They weight about 0,3g to 3g.
    The butterflies have got two pairs of membranous feathers.
    They’re pollinators of several species of plants.
    The cycles of the butterflies are:
    1) Egg - pre-larval phase
    2) Larvae
    3) Pupa – develops in cocoon
    4) Imago - adulthood

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