Characteristics and living habits of butterflies

1, butterfly's characteristics: thick antenna end, wide wings, wings stand upright on the back at rest. Butterfly antenna is rod-shaped, and the thick section at the end of the antenna is rod hammer-shaped. The body and wings are covered with flat scaly hair, and the abdomen is slender.

2. Life habits of butterflies: butterflies move during the day. In LEPIDOPTERA 158 family, butterflies have 18 family. Adult butterflies feed on pollen and nectar. Some larvae are herbivores and are harmful to trees and crops. Some larvae eat aphids, which are beneficial insects. Butterflies have colorful wings, and people often regard them as ornamental insects. There are 17000 butterflies recorded in the world, with China accounting for about 1300, and the Amazon basin in South America has the largest number of butterflies.

Extended data:

Butterfly, commonly known as "Butterfly, Arthropod, Insecta, Lepidoptera, Hammerhead". There are about 14000 species in the world, most of which are distributed in America, especially in the Amazon river basin. There are 1200 species in China. Butterflies are usually brightly colored, striped and colorful. They have all kinds of spots on their wings and bodies. The largest butterfly can spread its wings about 28 ~ 30 cm, and the smallest is only about 0.7 cm. The main difference between a butterfly and a moth is that the butterfly has a pair of rod-shaped or hammer-shaped antennae on its head, and the moth has various antennae.

References:

Butterfly Baidu encyclopedia