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* ''Encyclopedia Britannica'', http://www.britannica.com Comment: butterfly." Encyclopædia Britannica. 2005. Encyclopædia Britannica Premium Service 25 Jan. 2005 . | * ''Encyclopedia Britannica'', http://www.britannica.com Comment: butterfly." Encyclopædia Britannica. 2005. Encyclopædia Britannica Premium Service 25 Jan. 2005 . | ||
Revision as of 14:18, 29 April 2016
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
Sources Checked for Data in Record
- 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)