What are the butterflies collected in our zoo?

The butterflies collected in our zoo are:

Papilionidae, such as white butterflies or Huang Die, are famous for migrating in groups.

Papilionidae, such as Papilionidae and Papilionidae (Papilionidae is sometimes classified as Papilionidae).

Papilionidae, including blue-gray butterfly, copper butterfly, swallow-gray butterfly, gray butterfly and viper butterfly (viper butterfly is more common in tropical America and sometimes classified as viper butterfly).

Nymphalidae, such as hairy-footed butterflies. The largest and most diverse family, some experts divide it into several families. This kind of butterfly includes some common butterflies, such as Admiral Nymphalia, Nymphalia, Monarch Butterfly, Spotted Butterfly and Red Nymphalia Butterfly.

Butterfly family (butterfly family), such as long-tailed butterfly and brown butterfly. A lower category, mainly dark brown, is easy to identify.

Butterfly, commonly known as "Butterfly, Arthropod, Insecta, Lepidoptera, Hammerhead". There are about 14000 species in the world, most of which are distributed in America, especially in the Amazon river basin. There are 1200 species in China. Butterflies are usually brightly colored, striped and colorful. They have all kinds of spots on their wings and bodies. The largest butterfly can spread its wings about 28~30 cm, and the smallest is only about 0.7 cm. The main difference between a butterfly and a moth is that the butterfly has a pair of rod-shaped or hammer-shaped antennae on its head, and the moth has various antennae.

History of butterfly science

Butterflies are classified as LEPIDOPTERA, and there are tens of thousands of species in the world. Butterfly evolved from the Cretaceous period by feeding on flowering plants and pollinating them. It is the last creature in the evolution of insects.

The origin of English names

Why is a butterfly called a butterfly? reason

The etymology of butterfly comes from the old English buterfleoge, which consists of butere (butter) and fleoge (flying creature).

There is a long-standing saying that butterflies like to steal cream and milk, so people say that they are elves with colorful wings and like to steal cream, so they are called butterflies. The above legend is also reflected in milchdieb, one of the German names of butterflies, which is equivalent to milk-thief in English.

Another explanation is that the butterfly refers to the color of the butterfly; Fly originally refers to flying insects, and the word butterfly may first refer to a sulfur yellow (the wings are closer to cream color when closed) pink butterfly in southern Europe after winter. The male butterfly's front wings are orange, which brings warm light when flying. It is called butter-colored fly. The word butterfly gradually evolved to refer to all kinds of butterflies.

Appearance characteristics

Butterflies are mostly between 5~ 10cm, and their bodies are 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. Butterfly antenna is rod-shaped, and each node at the end of the antenna is thick and hammer-shaped. The body and wings are flattened by scaly hairs. The abdomen is slender. The largest is Papilio Queen Alexandra in eastern New Guinea, with a female wingspan of 3 1cm. The smallest butterfly in Afghanistan has a wingspan of only 7 mm, and its mouthparts are mouthparts. Feet are walking feet; Wings are scale wings; Totally perverted. [2]

The scales on the wings of butterflies not only make them colorful, but also serve as raincoats for butterflies. Because the scales of butterfly wings are rich in fat and can protect butterflies, butterflies can fly even if it rains lightly.