Difference between revisions of "Butterfly"
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== Synonyms and Related Terms == | == Synonyms and Related Terms == | ||
| − | sommerfugl (Dan., Nor.); | + | sommerfugl (Dan., Nor.); Schuppenflügler (Deut.); Schmetterlinge (Deut.); mariposa (Esp.); lépidoptères (Fr.); farfalla (It.); papillo (Lat.); Lepidoptera (Ned.); motyle (Pol.); borboleta (Port.); fjärilar (Sven.) |
== Additional Images == | == Additional Images == | ||
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== Authority == | == Authority == | ||
| − | * ''Encyclopedia Britannica'', http://www.britannica.com Comment: butterfly." | + | * ''Encyclopedia Britannica'', http://www.britannica.com Comment: butterfly." Encyclopædia Britannica. 2005. Encyclopædia Britannica Premium Service 25 Jan. 2005 . |
| − | * | + | * Website address 1 Comment: Olympus Microscopy Resource Center at http://www.olympusmicro.com/primer/techniques/darkfieldgallery.html (Accessed Sept. 17, 2005) |
* Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, at http://www.wikipedia.com Comment: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butterfly (Accessed Sept. 17, 2005) | * Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, at http://www.wikipedia.com Comment: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butterfly (Accessed Sept. 17, 2005) | ||
Revision as of 07:27, 24 July 2013
Description
Any of several thousand species of colorful winged insects of the order Lepidoptera. Butterfly wings have beautiful, often iridescent, colors due to both pigmentation and optical interference.
Synonyms and Related Terms
sommerfugl (Dan., Nor.); Schuppenflügler (Deut.); Schmetterlinge (Deut.); mariposa (Esp.); lépidoptères (Fr.); farfalla (It.); papillo (Lat.); Lepidoptera (Ned.); motyle (Pol.); borboleta (Port.); fjärilar (Sven.)
Additional Images
Monarch butterfly larvae
Monarch butterfly cocoon
Butterfly
Authority
- Encyclopedia Britannica, http://www.britannica.com Comment: butterfly." Encyclopædia Britannica. 2005. Encyclopædia Britannica Premium Service 25 Jan. 2005 .
- Website address 1 Comment: Olympus Microscopy Resource Center at http://www.olympusmicro.com/primer/techniques/darkfieldgallery.html (Accessed Sept. 17, 2005)
- Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, at http://www.wikipedia.com Comment: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butterfly (Accessed Sept. 17, 2005)