Transcript use their family name

Introduction to Butterflies
Honors Biology 1st 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
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
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
Skippers
• 250 species in NA
• Small to medium size with triangular wings
and fuzzy thick bodies
Let’s try to classify these Butterflies
USE THEIR FAMILY NAME
Clouded sulfur
Red spotted purple
Northern pearly eye
Gray hairstreak
Also gray hairstreak
Zebra swallowtail
Eastern tailed blue
Azue
Buckeye
Monarch
European Cabbage
Painted Lady
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
Spicebush swallowtail
Orange sulfur
Variegated frittalary
Pearl crescent
Silver spotted skipper
Common checkered skipper
Crossline skipper
Also crossline skipper
Butterfly Behavior
• Basking
• Puddling
• Feeding
– Specialists-only 1 or 2 food sources
– Generalists- many food sources
Habitat Preference
• Field or meadow
– Tend to hover around flowers and are brightly
colored
• Forest
– Tend to prefer poop and are brownish
Butterfly Predators
• Mostly birds
• Some small mammals
• Protected by adaptations:
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Color, bright or brown
Flight pattern
Flight speed
Eyespots and other markings on wings
Good Luck
• I hope you have fun with this