Watch out beauty of a Black Butterfly. Can you guess scientific name or general name of this Butterfly? Every species has hidden beauty; we just need to explore them.
A butterfly is a day-flying insect of the order Lepidoptera which includes the butterflies and moths. The butterfly's life cycle consists of four parts: egg, larva, pupa and adult.
Butterflies have large and brightly coloured wings. Butterflies in their adult stage can live from a week to nearly a year depending on the species.
Boy Structure : Adult butterflies have four wings : a forewing and hindwing on both the left and the right side of the body. The body is divided into three segments : head, thorax and abdomen. They have two antennae, two compound eyes, and a proboscis.
The coloration of butterfly wings is created by minute scales. These scales are pigmented with melanins that give it blacks and browns colour to the wings.
Butterflies feed primarily on nectar from flowers and some derive nourishment from pollen. Butterflies use their antennae to sense the air for wind and scents. The antennae are richly covered with sensory organs known as sensillae. A butterfly has sense of taste 200 times stronger than humans.
Butterflies have a well developed vision and most species are sensitive to the ultraviolet spectrum. Some butterflies have organs of hearing and some species can make stridulatory or clicking sounds.
This video can be useful for a teenager and biology students for knowing nature.
