Butterflies have a wide range of rituals among the different species. They are the only group of insects with scales covering their wings. They also have an antennae that is sensitive to the touch, taste, temperture, wind, movement, and smell. They differ from other insects also by their ability to coil up their proboscis. They eat liquid food such as flower nector or tree sap.
Some butterflies only live a few hours while other live for months and migrate thousands of miles.
Life Cycle Butterflies pass through distinct stages of their lives. The egg stage, the larva stage, the pupa stage, and the adult stage. The drastic change in the butterflies apperence and habits known as metamorphosis. The first stage is known as the egg stage. First the female butterfly lays its egg in either clusters or singly near or on the plants which the young will use as food to eat.