Amazing document about butterfly

1. The Life Cycle of a
Butterfly

2. What is a Butterfly?
 Butterflies are insects.
 They have four wings
and six legs.
 Butterflies have three
body parts.
 Their bodies are
covered in tiny hairs.

3. What is a Life Cycle?
 A life cycle goes through each stage of
development.
 The butterfly has four main stages:
 One: Egg
 Two: Caterpillar
 Three: Chrysalis
 Four: Butterfly

4. What is a Metamorphosis
 Metamorphosis is a biological process by which an animal
physically develops including birth or hatching, involving a
conspicuous and relatively abrupt change in the animal's body
structure through cell growth and differentiation
 Some insects, fish, amphibians undergo metamorphosis,
which is often accompanied by a change of nutrition source
or behavior
 Animals can be divided into species that undergo complete
metamorphosis ("holometaboly"), incomplete metamorphosis
("hemimetaboly"), or no metamorphosis ("ametaboly").

5. Stage One: Eggs
 The butterfly’s eggs are
always small.
 They can be oval or
circular.
 Sometimes eggs have
ridges or indents on
them.

6. Stage One: Eggs
egg.
 The butterfly’s eggs are
laid on a leaf.
 Eggs are always by
food so the caterpillar
can eat after it has
hatched.
 If you look closely
sometimes you can
see the caterpillar
growing inside of the

7. Stage Two: Caterpillar
 Caterpillar’s hatch from
the butterfly’s eggs.
 They spend most of
their time eating.
 The caterpillar needs to
eat so it can grow.

8. Stage Two: Caterpillar
 This stage is where the most growing
takes place.
 As they grow bigger caterpillars shed their
skin.
 All caterpillars do not look the same and
do not eat the same leaves.

9. Stage Three: Chrysalis
 When caterpillars are
fully grown they make a
button of silk that helps
them stick to a leaf or
twig.
 The caterpillar sheds it
skin for the last time.
 Under the old skin is a
hard skin called a
chrysalis.

10. Stage Three: Chrysalis
 The chrysalis is
usually brown or green.
 They blend into the
background because
they do not want to be
bothered.
 When the caterpillar is
in the chrysalis it is
changing.

11. Stage Three: Chrysalis
 The caterpillar’s organs
and other body parts
dissolve while in the
chrysalis.
 Their body parts then
re-grow into the
organs, tissues, limbs,
and wings of the
butterfly.

12. Stage Four: Butterfly
 After the caterpillar is
done growing inside
the chrysalis a butterfly
will come out.
 When it first hatches
the butterfly will not be
able to use it’s wings.
 The wings will be soft
and folded against the
butterfly’s body.

13. Stage Four: Butterfly
 Blood will pumped
through the butterfly’s
wings to make them
big and strong enough
to fly.
 The butterfly will learn
to fly 3-4 hours after it
comes out of the
chrysalis.
 The butterfly is finally
an adult.

14. Fun Facts
 Butterflies can see red,
green, and yellow.
 Butterflies can not fly if
their body temperature is
less than 86 degrees.
 The average lifespan for a
butterfly is about one
month.
 Butterflies eat water,
nectar, and liquids from
different fruits.

15. Do Butterflies Look The
Same On Both Sides?