2. Life habits of butterflies: butterflies move during the day. In LEPIDOPTERA 158 family, butterflies have 18 family. Adult butterflies feed on pollen and nectar. Some larvae are herbivores and are harmful to trees and crops. Some larvae eat aphids, which are beneficial insects. Butterflies have colorful wings, and people often regard them as ornamental insects. There are 17000 butterflies recorded in the world, and China accounts for about 1300, with the largest number of butterflies in the Amazon basin of South America.
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Butterfly, commonly known as "Butterfly, Arthropod, Insecta, Lepidoptera, Hammerhead". There are about 14000 species in the world, most of which are distributed in America, especially in the Amazon river basin. There are 1200 species in China. Butterflies are usually brightly colored, striped and colorful. They have all kinds of spots on their wings and bodies. The largest butterfly can spread its wings about 28 ~ 30 cm, and the smallest is only about 0.7 cm. The main difference between butterflies and moths is that butterflies have a pair of rod-shaped or hammer-shaped antennae on their heads, and moths have diverse antennae.
References:
Butterfly Baidu encyclopedia