Butterflies

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Butterflies
By April Steed
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Table of Contents

• What is a butterfly?
• Flying
• Butterfly life cycle
• Life cycle organization chart
• Egg
• Larva
• Pupa
• Adult
• What does each stage of the life cycle look like?
• How long is each stage?
• Pie chart
• Whats for dinner?
• Where do they live?
• Map of where butterflies live
• Survey whats your favorite kind of butterfly?
• Bar graph (largest vs. Smallest)

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What is a Butterfly?

• A butterfly is a flying insect with large wings,
  three body parts, a pair of antennae
• The butterflies body is covered with tiny sensory
  hairs that guide the butterfly while flying and
  allow it to feel the environment

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Flying

• The wings of their bodies are attached to the
  thorax, which is the mid-section of their bodies
• In order to fly, their body temperatures must be
  at least 86
• As butterflies get older, their wings fade and
  become ragged
• They can fly between 5mph-30mph
• Butterflies are very good fliers because they
  have two pairs of large wings.

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Butterfly life cycle

• Butterflies go through a series of 4 stages in
  order to become a butterfly

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Life cycle of the butterfly
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What does each stage of the life cycle look like?
Pupa (cocoon)
Egg
Larva (caterpillar)
Adult (butterfly)
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How long is each stage?
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Whats for Dinner?

• Butterflies only sip liquids with their long,
  skinny tongues
• Most butterflies live off of the nectar from
  flowers some sip the juice from rotting fruits
  or rotting animal flesh (ew!)

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Where do they live?

• The place that they live is called their habitat
• Butterflies live all over the world and are found
  in all different types of environments -- hot and
  cold, dry and moist, at sea level and high in the
  mountains
• However, most butterflies are found in tropical
  areas, such as tropical rainforests
• Butterflies will sometimes migrate to avoid
  environmental conditions (extreme cold or hot
  weather)

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Butterflies are found in North America, Central
America, South America, Asia, Europe, and
Antarctica
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Whats your favorite kind of butterfly?
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Smallest vs. Largest

• The largest butterfly is the Queen Alexandra
  Birdwing, which is 32 centimeters long.
• The smallest butterfly is the Western Pygmy blue,
  which is 1.5 centimeters long.