Butterfly specimens are not living things, and living things should have life characteristics, such as metabolism, while butterfly specimens, like the common dead fish in biological questions, belong to inanimate individuals, so they are not living things.
Extended knowledge
Butterfly specimens refer to specimens made of butterflies. Because butterflies are usually brightly colored, big butterflies will attract people's attention, so some people collect all kinds of butterflies and make specimens for collection and research. Jinan Customs seized more than 2,800 butterfly specimens suspected of being smuggled into China, of which 1 180 were protected species in Appendix II of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES Convention for short).
Butterflies, commonly known as "butterflies", have about 14000 species all over the world, most of which are distributed in America, especially in the Amazon River basin, and are distributed in other parts of the world except the cold regions of the North and South poles. Taiwan Province Province in Asia is also famous for its wide variety of butterflies. Butterflies are usually brightly colored, with various spots on their wings and bodies, and a pair of rod-shaped or hammer-shaped antennae on their heads (this is the main difference from moths, which have diverse antennae).
The largest butterfly can spread its wings up to 24 cm, and the smallest is only 1.6 cm. Big butterflies attract people's attention, and some people collect all kinds of butterfly specimens. In the United States, "butterfly watching" migration, like "bird watching", has become a new activity, attracting many people to participate. There are many kinds of butterflies that are the main pests of agriculture and fruit trees.
Butterfly's body is divided into head, chest and abdomen; Two pairs of wings; Three feet. There are a pair of hammer-shaped antennae on the head, with thick ends and wide wings, which stand on the back when resting. The largest is a butterfly in Australia, which can spread its wings up to 26 cm; The smallest butterfly is the gray butterfly, and its spread wings are only15 mm. Butterfly antenna is rod-shaped, and each node at the end of the antenna is thick and hammer-shaped. The mouthparts are mouthparts; Feet are walking feet; Wings are scale wings; Totally perverted.
The body and wings are covered with flat scaly hair. The abdomen is slender. Butterflies are active during the day. In LEPIDOPTERA 158 family, butterflies have 18 family. Adult butterflies suck nectar or rancid liquid; Most larvae are phytophagous. Most species of larvae feed on weeds or wild plants. A few species of larvae feed on crops and become pests. There are also very few species of larvae that become beneficial insects by eating aphids. Butterflies have colorful wings, and people often regard them as ornamental insects.