Butterfly Facts

By: Laila Brooks

SpeciesThere are 20,000 species of butterflies in the

world.

About 725 species are in North America North of New Mexico.

575 are in the lower 48 states of the United States.

About 275 species occur regularly in Canada roughly 2,000 species are found in Mexico.

HabitatButterflies drink nectar, tree sap and rotting

animal matter.Butterflies are active exclusively during the

day and at night sleep on leaves, grass and rocks.

The average lifespan of a butterfly is one month.

Kinds The Largest Butterfly: The Female Queen

Alexandra Bird wing with a wingspan up to 1 foot.(New Guinea)

The smallest Butterfly: Western Pigmy Blue with a half inch wingspan.(Africa)

Rarest Butterfly: Palos Verde Blue

Most Common Butterfly: Monarch

Some Official State ButterfliesMourning Cloak (Montana)

Two-tailed Swallowtail(Arizona)

Zebra Long wing (Florida)

Kamehameha (Hawaii)

Karner Blue(New Hampsire)

Interesting FactsA butterfly drinks its food, with a straw like

tube called a Proboscis. Butterflies have very small “dots” on their

wings which are used to see.Butterflies use their colors to keep predators

away.

CreditsHere are Websites I got my Information from:

En.Wikipedia.org

www. Naba.org/quanda.html

Entomon.net