There are about 15,000 to 20,000 kinds of butterflies. The largest butterfly is the Queen Alexandra's butterfly. Butterflies can be all kinds of colors and have different patterns. Some European butterflies are the color butter-yellow. Butterflies and moths put together make up a group called Lepidotera. Butterflies have slender, hairless bodies. Butterflies start off as eggs, then caterpillars, then a pupa, and finally as a butterfly. Most butterflies have a knob on their antennae. They eat different kinds of nectar.
By: Kirsten S.