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Introduction to Butterflies

Introduction to Butterflies. Honors Biology 1 st Quarter Mini Project. What is a butterfly?. Organisms of the Class Insecta Together with moths form the Order Lepidoptera from the Greek Lepis, scale, and pteron, wing 2 superfamilies: true butterflies, Papillonidae and skippers, Hesperidae.

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Introduction to Butterflies

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  1. Introduction to Butterflies Honors Biology 1st Quarter Mini Project

  2. What is a butterfly? • Organisms of the Class Insecta • Together with moths form the Order Lepidoptera from the Greek Lepis, scale, and pteron, wing • 2 superfamilies: true butterflies, Papillonidae and skippers, Hesperidae

  3. Papillonidae • 6 families • Swallowtails- large with projection-like tails from hind wing, < 30 species in North America • Whites and sulphurs- 55 species in North America, small or medium size, white or yellow • Gossamer wings- 100 species in NA, small butterflies, such as blues, hairstreaks and coppers

  4. Papillonidae continued • Metalmarks-24 species in NA, shiny metallic markings • Brushfoots-150 species in NA, diverse group includes fritillaries, crescents, satyrs and milkweed butterflies • Snouts- 2 species in NA, have long snouts

  5. Skippers • 250 species in NA • Small to medium size with triangular wings and fuzzy thick bodies

  6. Let’s try to classify these Butterflies Use their family name

  7. Clouded sulfur

  8. Red spotted purple

  9. Northern pearly eye

  10. Gray hairstreak

  11. Also gray hairstreak

  12. Zebra swallowtail

  13. Eastern tailed blue

  14. Azue

  15. Buckeye

  16. Monarch

  17. European Cabbage

  18. Painted Lady

  19. Eastern Tiger Swallowtail

  20. Spicebush swallowtail

  21. Orange sulfur

  22. Variegated frittalary

  23. Pearl crescent

  24. Silver spotted skipper

  25. Common checkered skipper

  26. Crossline skipper

  27. Also crossline skipper

  28. Butterfly Behavior • Basking • Puddling • Feeding • Specialists-only 1 or 2 food sources • Generalists- many food sources

  29. Habitat Preference • Field or meadow • Tend to hover around flowers and are brightly colored • Forest • Tend to prefer poop and are brownish

  30. Butterfly Predators • Mostly birds • Some small mammals • Protected by adaptations: • Color, bright or brown • Flight pattern • Flight speed • Eyespots and other markings on wings

  31. Good Luck • I hope you have fun with this

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