The butterfly - Most common example for metamorphosis

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. A butterfly is a flying insect of the order Lepidoptera, which includes the butterflies and moths. The butterfly has a life cycle which consists of four parts egg, larva, pupa and adult or imago and most of its species are diurnal. Most butterflies have large brightly coloured wings. Butterflies comprise three superfamilies Papilionoidea, Hesperioidea and Hedyloidea with all the remaining families within the Lepidoptera referred to as moths. The earliest known butterfly fossils date from the mid-Eocene epoch, that is, between 40 to 50 million years ago...Learn more about butterflies, their characteristics, their superfamilies and some of their famous species from this book.

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• Assisted by: Edward R. Miller-Jones (Editor), Edwar R Miller-Jones (Editor)
• Publisher: FastBook Publishing
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.06.2012
• EAN: 9786130133900
• ISBN: 978-613-0-13390-0
• No. of pages: 212
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Zoology