200 million years of lepidoptera evolution has created an incredibly complex insect. There are some 15,000 species of butterflies with specially developed sensory organs, feeding abilities, complete metamorphosis and for some species, the ability to fly some 3,000 miles that are all the work of countless adaptations to the environment. These fantastic and fascinating creatures are even more fantastic and fascinating when one looks even closer at their anatomy.
For the next several posts we’ll take a look at how a butterfly is put together and uniquely adapted for the challenges of their environments.
A butterfly body is composed of three main segments: the head, the thorax and the abdomen. We’ll cover each of these sections as a separate post and include all of the body parts that are attached to that segment. After that we will focus on other topics relating to butterfly anatomy.
If we haven’t answered a question you might have, please drop us a comment along the way and tell us what you would like to know more about.
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