Description: Butterflies have 4 wings, which they fold
vertically when resting.
Size: Butterflies can be tiny, 3 millimeters (.125 inch)
to very large, 270 millimeters (10.5 inches).
Food: nectar from flowers
Where it lives: meadows, gardens, and fields
Other facts: Butterflies start as eggs, hatch as caterpillars,
then the caterpillars form a chrysalis and
emerge as butterflies.

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