Butterfly (Rhopalocera) | Class: Insecta | Animalia | Phylum:  Euarthropoda | Lepidoptera
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Date: 2018-12-12

Butterflies are beautiful, flying insects with large scaly wings. 

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. 


Lifespan: Painted lady: 12 months
Scientific name: Rhopalocera
Class: Insecta
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Euarthropoda
Higher classification: Lepidoptera

Butterfly (Rhopalocera) | Class: Insecta | Kingdom: Animalia | Phylum:  Euarthropoda | Classification: Lepidoptera