Butterflies Butterflies Basics Easier - Butterflies are thin insects with four large, often bright colored wings. Harder - Butterflies and moths comprise the insect group called Lepidoptera. However, butterflies are different from moths. Some even live on cold mountaintops, while many others live in hot deserts.
Butterflies live almost everywhere in the world.
Visit Monica the Monarch and The Butterfly Project . Then raise your own butterflies. Make a Butterfly Mobile. Look at sites like The Butterfly Farm S.A. and the Children's Butterfly Site , then create a mobile that illustrates the life cycle of a butterfly. If you would like to learn how to fold a paper butterfly, visit Origami Butterfly and Paper Butterfly .