Butterflies are one of nature’s most beautiful , unique and colourful creatures. They are pretty little insects which flutter through the gardens from one flower to another during warm summer days. Even though being small it adds a lot of colour and beauty to our world. We have below some fluttery facts that you might have not known about these beautiful creatures which give immense pleasure to us… Have Fun Reading!!!!

  1. There are over 18,000 recorded butterfly species in the whole world.
  2. A group of butterflies is known as a flutter.
  3. Butterflies don’t taste with taste buds, but rather sensors located under their feet.
  4. Butterflies can see beyond the ultraviolet spectrum and their eyes consist of a network of 6000 lenses.
  5. The wings of butterflies are totally clear and the colors we see are the effect of light reflecting on the tiny scales covering them.
  6. The Skipper Butterfly can fly faster than a horse can run.
  7. Many scientists thought butterflies were completely deaf until they first identified butterfly ears in 2012.
  8. The Queen Alexandria’s Birdwing from the New Guinea Island is the largest butterfly in the world. It has a wingspan of around 27cm.
  9. A butterfly has four wings.
  10. The Birdwing butterfly only species of butterfly flies in the same manner as a bird.
  11. The representations of butterflies are even seen in the Egyptian frescoes at Thebes, which are more than 3500 years old.
  12. Butterflies flap all its wings at the same time at about 5 beats per second.
  13. The smallest butterfly is the Western Blue Pygmy, which is only 2cm across.
  14. Monarch butterflies are the only insect in the whole world that travels over 2,500 miles on average every winter.
  15.  The wings of butterflies move in a figure 8 motion.

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