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e Grade 8

Eggs

Larva

Pupa

Adultbutterfly

The female butterfly

lays eggson the underside of leaves.

Larva that comes out from the eggs

Larva hasA soft body

The same colouration as the background

Possess poisonous hairs for protection

The butterfly larvae

are known as

caterpillars

Main food of caterpillars is young leaves of plant.

he pupal stageinactive stage

This stage is spent

inside a cocoon.

comes out from the cocoon

Butterfly

The adult

Main food of The adult Butterfly

is

nectar of flowers.

to suck nectar from the nectaries of the flower,it has a specially adapted tubular

Proboscis.

The life cycle of a butterfly

showsa complete

metamorphosis.

In each of the stages in the life cycle

the external appearances,

habitat , the life styles and the food they take

are different.

The change from the

leaf eating caterpillar

into the adult butterfly

which flies around

sucking nectarfrom flowers

is truly dramatic