Butterflies are insects that have the most variety of colors and shapes. Many people like to watch and study the interesting life cycle of the butterfly. Butterfly wings are covered with overlapping scales. These tiny scales give butterflies their brilliant colors. The butterfly uses the proboscis to suck liquids from flowers.
Butterflies go through different stages until they reach adulthood.
The mother butterfly lays eggs on a leaf. In the larva stage , the egg hatches on the leaf and out comes a caterpillar. In the pupa stage the caterpillar grows and it pops out of its old skin, already wearing a new one. This phenomenon occurs four or five times, after which the caterpillar begins to produce silk. It then sheds its furry skin for the last time.