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Butterfly Facts & Trivia

Butterfly Facts

Butterflies can see red, green, and yellow.
The Brimstone butterfly is the longest living (10 months).
Butterflies can range in size from 1/8″ to nearly 12 inches.
Butterflies have history as far back as 3500 years (Egyptian frescoes at Thebes).
Butterflies cannot fly if their body temperature is under 86 degrees.
Lepidoptera is not found on the continent of Antarctica, the only continent to not have them.
There are about 24,000 species of butterflies.
Most butterflies can taste with their feet.
Butterflies use the taste in their feet to find leaves which are good to lay their eggs.
Originally, butterflies were called “flutterby.”
A Butterfly’s antennae is always knobbed.
The color of a butterfly is from tiny scales that are on their wings.
Adult butterflies do not go to the bathroom.
Butterflies can travel from 5 mph to a top speed of 30 mph.
The Monarch Butterfly loves to travel and will go as far as 2500 miles.
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Carnivora
Family: Lepidoptera

Flight of the Butterflies (2012)
The Incredible Journey of the Butterflies-A PBS Video (2009)The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007)
Butterfly (1982)