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--- butterflies [2021/05/12 12:31]
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 ====== Butterflies ======
-===== Many species migrate =====
+==== Many species migrate ====
-There are many butterflies besides the Monarch that migrate. The Cloudless Sulphur, Question Mark, Clouded Skipper, Mourning Cloak and the Painted Lady all migrate as well. Monarchs, however, migrate the longest distances. [([[https://www.ecowatch.com/10-super-cool-facts-about-butterflies-1891180962.html|Eco Watch]])]
+There are many butterflies besides the Monarch that migrate. The Cloudless Sulphur, Question Mark, Clouded Skipper, Mourning Cloak, and the Painted Lady all migrate as well. Monarchs, however, migrate the longest distances. [([[https://www.ecowatch.com/10-super-cool-facts-about-butterflies-1891180962.html|Eco Watch]])]
-===== Butterflies on frescoes =====
+==== Butterflies on frescoes ====
 There are depictions of butterflies that can be seen at Thebes. Those Egyptian frescoes are 3,500 years old! [([[https://australianbutterflies.com/facts-about-butterflies/|Australian Butterflies]])]
+==== Division of butterflies ====
+There are several divisions of butterflies. The most popular are those that divide butterflies by appearance. Another well-known division is also the one on the time of flight. This second division divides butterflies into diurnal butterflies and moths. It is important to note that these man-made divisions have been distinguished artificially, have blurred boundaries, and overlap. [([[https://www.uky.edu/hort/butterflies/all-about-butterflies|University of Kentucky]])]
+==== The second most abundant insect group ====
+Butterflies are the second most abundant insect group (the first being beetles). [([[https://www.si.edu/spotlight/buginfo/bugnos|Smithsonian]])]
+==== No butterflies in Antarctica ====
+Butterflies are insects that are found on almost every continent. The only exception is Antarctica.
+[([[https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/nrcs143_010038.pdf|Natural Resources Conservation Service]])]
+==== Mouth apparatus ====
+The mouth apparatus of butterflies is a sucking type. The vast majority of butterfly species feed on nectar, making this type of mouth apparatus possible. Some of the more primitive butterfly families still have remnants of the biting apparatus. [([[https://www.britannica.com/animal/lepidopteran|Britannica]])]
+{{tag>nature biology fauna}}

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