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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.) | ||
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==Resources and Citations== | |||
* ''Encyclopedia Britannica'', http://www.britannica.com Comment: butterfly." Accessed 25 Jan. 2005 | |||
* | * Olympus Microscopy Resource Center at http://www.olympusmicro.com/primer/techniques/darkfieldgallery.html (Accessed Sept. 17, 2005) | ||
* Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butterfly (Accessed Sept. 17, 2005) | |||
* Wikipedia | |||
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Latest revision as of 14:25, 11 May 2022
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
Resources and Citations
- Encyclopedia Britannica, http://www.britannica.com Comment: butterfly." Accessed 25 Jan. 2005
- Olympus Microscopy Resource Center at http://www.olympusmicro.com/primer/techniques/darkfieldgallery.html (Accessed Sept. 17, 2005)
- Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butterfly (Accessed Sept. 17, 2005)