Much like the common moth, the butterfly has wings covered in scales. There are 2,000 species of butterfly today in Mexico.
Butterflies also carry four wings, which are covered by colored scales.
Butterflies are day creatures, spending their evenings perched on the underside of leaves, crawling deep between blades of grass or pushing themselves in crevices in rocks. Once the sun goes down, butterflies find a resting place and sleep. One of the butterfly's most keen senses is its incredible sense of smell. Through the use of chemoreceptors at the ends of their antennas and bottoms of their feet, butterflies are able to smell danger hundreds of feet away. Adult butterflies have many natural enemies including birds, bats, lizards, spiders and a variety of insects.