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Asad aslam lodhi

What is a butterfly?

A butterfly is an insect, which means it has:

*six legs*three body parts: head, thorax,

abdomen*two antenna with knobs at the end

A butterfly’s life cycle has 4 stages.

A butterfly eats nectar from flowers.

A butterfly has four scaly wings.

Abdomen - The abdomen is the segmented tail area of an insect that contains the heart, Malpighian tubules, reproductive organs, and most of the digestive system.

Antenna - An antenna is a sensory appendage that is attached to the head of adult insects. Antennae are used for the sense of smell and balance. Butterflies have two antennae.

Compound Eye - Insect compound eyes are made up of many hexagonal lenses.

Fore wing - The fore wings are the two upper wings.

Head - The head contains the brain, two compound eyes, the proboscis, and the pharynx. The two antennae are attached to the head.

Hind wing - The hind wings are two lower wings.

Leg - All adult butterflies have six legs. The two forelegs of some butterfly species are tiny.

Proboscis - Adult butterflies sip nectar and other liquids straw-like proboscis located on their head.

Thorax - The thorax is the body section between the head and the abdomen. The legs and wings attach to the thorax.

Abdomen

Antenna

Compound Eye

Forewing

Head

Hind wing

Leg

Proboscis

Thorax

Butterfly Life-Cycle

Fill in the table to show what happens during each stage.

Egg Larvae Pupa Adult

Laid on plant

leaves and

stems

Caterpillar

hatches

in 5 days

Vary in size

Eats its egg shell

Molts 5 times

After a few

weeks looks

for a place

to change

Caterpillar shed its skin one

last time

Caterpillar stays inside

a hard shell or Chrysalis

Caterpillar

changes

into a butterfly

Emerges from

the chrysalis

after a few

weeks

The butterfly

looks for a

mate and

lays eggs

Adult butterflies

live for only

2 weeks

• HABITATButterflies are found all over the world and in all types of environments: hot and cold, dry and moist, at sea level and high in the mountains.

• Most butterfly species, however, are found in tropical areas, especially tropical rainforests.

• Many butterflies migrate in order to avoid adverse environmental conditions.

• Most migrate relatively short distances (like the Painted Lady) but a few (like some Monarchs) migrate thousands of miles.

• Butterflies have not been found to spread any human diseases. However, there are many diseases that butterflies can give to each other, Apart from viruses and bacteria butterflies are also susceptible to fly and wasp parasitoids and other parasites.

• Parasitoid larvae live inside of caterpillars and pupae feeding off of internal tissues eventually killing the butterfly. The risk for butterflies is not limited to natural predators, parasites and parasitoids.

• INSECTICIDE:

Bug spray and flea & tick treatments can kill your caterpillars. Even monthly treatments of flea and ticks on your dogs can kill your caterpillars.

* Adult Monarchs possess two pair of brilliant orange- reddish wings, f eaturing black veins and white spots along the edges.

*Each adult butterf ly lives only for about four to f ive weeks. It is found in Taxila in pak

Papilio polytesPapilio polytes• The common Mormon is a common species of swallowtail

butterfly widely distributed across Asia.• This butterfly is known for the mimicry displayed.

• The common Mormon is present everywhere and high up into the hills. It is a regular visitor to gardens, being especially abundant in orchards of its foodplants—oranges and limes.

• It is most common in the monsoon and post-monsoon months.

Parnassius hardwickii• Common Blue Apollo is a high altitude butterfly which is found

in South Asia.• This butterfly is found from the Chitral District to Sikkim and is

found from 6000 ft to 17,000 ft.

Parnassius staudingeri & Parnassius stoliczkanus

• Parnassius staudingeri is a high

altitude butterfly.• which is found over avast area

Pamirs, Alay Mountains,

Hindu Kush,Karakorum.

Ladakh Banded Apollo is a rare high-altitude butterfly which is found in Central Asia..

Papilio demoleus• The butterfly is also known as the common lime butterfly, lemon

butterfly, small citrus butterfly and citrus swallowtail.

• These common names refer to their host plants, which are usually citrus species such as the cultivated lime.

• The butterfly can be found in and western Pakistan, it is mostly found in the plains but can be found on the hills up to 7000 feet in the Himalayas.

Baltia butleri• Butler's Dwarf is a small butterfly

of the Family Pieridae.• The Yellows and Whites, which is

found at high altitudes in India

and Pakistan.• In Ladakh, Pass in the Karakoram

and other areas at an altitude of 15,000 to 18,000 feet.

Euchloe daphalis• Euchloe daphalis is a butterfly of the Pieridae family. • It is found in the western Pamirs, northern Afghanistan,

Pakistan. It is found on arid slopes up to heights of 2,500 to 3,000 meters.

• Adults are on wing from June to July.

Pontia chloridice• Lesser Bath White is a small butterfly of the Family

Pieridae.• The Yellows and Whites, which is found in Asia. • It is found in Chitral and Ladakh in Kashmir and Pakistan

.

Pontia callidice• The Lofty Bath White or Peak White is a small butterfly

of the family Pieridae . • The Yellows and Whites, which occurs in the

Palearctic zoogeographical region.• It is found in Chitral valley and Himalayas.

Pieris deota• Kashmir white is a small butterfly

of the family Pieridae.

• The yellows and whites,

• which is found in India, Pakistan, Tibet, and central Asia.

Aporia nabellica• Dusky Blackvein is a midsized

to large butterfly of the Family Pieridae,

which is found in India and Pakistan in the W. Himalayas, Kashmir to Naini Tal

Colias marcopolo & Colias cocandica

• Colias marcopolo is a butterfly in the family Pieridae

• It is found in the Pamir mountains the Hindu Kush .

• Colias cocandica is a butterfly in the Pieridae family.

• It is found in Central Asia.

Colotis protractus• Blue spotted Arab a butterfly in the Pieridae family.• It is found in Punjab and Baluchistan.• White Arab Colotis vestalis is a small butterfly of the

Family Pieridae, • which is found in India, Pakistan

Colotis liagore• Desert Orange Tip, is a butterfly in the Pieridae family.• It is found in Baluchistan coast of Iran and Pakistan.• The habitat consists of moist savanna.

Melitaea chitralensis• Melitaea chitralensis is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae

family. • It is found in Kashmir and Chitral.

Boloria jerdoni• Boloria jerdoni is a butterfly of the

family Nymphalidae.• It is commonly known as the

Jerdon's silverspot. • It is found in the western Himalayas

and from Chitral to Kashmir.

Hyponephele pulchra• The butterfly species belonging to the family

Nymphalidae.

• It is found in the Himalayas, from Chitral to Kumaon and in Kashmir.

Hyponephele davendra• he White-ringed Meadowbrown is a butterfly species

belonging to the Nymphalidae family.

• It can be found from Iran to Afghanistan, India, and Pakistan, the Himalayas, Tibet, and Middle Asia..

Hyponephele tenuist igmaHyponephele tenuist igma• Hyponephele tenuistigma is a butterfly species

belonging to the family Nymphalidae.

• It is found in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Kashmir and the western part of the Pamir Mountains.

Pseudochazara Pseudochazara mniszechiimniszechii• Pseudochazara mniszechii is a

species of butterfly in the Nymphalidae family.

• It is confined to North of Iran and Balochistan.

Karanasa leechi• Karanasa leechi is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae

family.• It is found in Asia, including Darvaz, the Pamirs and

Hindu Kush.

Pyrgus cashmirensis• Pyrgus cashmirensis is a butterfly of the Hesperiidae

family.

• It is found in Tajikistan, north-eastern Afghanistan,

northern Pakistan and Kashmir.