Butterfly metamorphosis

Metamorphosis is the process of a caterpillar into a new animal (perfect phase) is a butterfly. In the process occurs quite long and namum simple. First start ari eggs in place by a butterfly on a leaf (usually orange tree leaves or may be other trees) that aims eventually leaves can be worm food until reaching adulthood after it was time to pupa / chrysalis and the few days will be a new butterfly.
► EGG
The eggs will hatch between 3-5 days, the larvae would walk to the edge of the leaves of the host plant and start eating it. Some larvae consume an empty egg shell as its first meal outside of larval skin does not stretch to follow growth, but when it became very tight larvae will molt.
LARVA (WORM)
► After hatching larvae will feed Most larvae consume an empty egg shell as its first meal. The outer shell of the larva does not stretch to follow growth, but when it became very tight larvae will molt.
► The number of skin change during the life of the larvae are generally 4-6 times, and the period between the turn of the skin (molting) called instars.
► butterfly larvae vary in shape, but the majority of cylindrical shape, and sometimes memepunyai hair, spines, tubercles or filaments.
► When the larvae reach maximum growth, the larvae stop eating, running to find shelter nearby, attach themselves to twigs or leaves with woven threads. The larvae have entered the phase of the skin and release prepupa last time to form a pupa.
Pupa (chrysalis)
► Phase pupa when viewed from the outside as the rest period, whereas in the pupa the process of formation of the perfect insect. Pupa is generally hard, smooth and form a structure without a limb. In general, the pupa is green, brown or color according to its surroundings. (Camouflage). Formation in the butterfly pupa usually lasts for 7-20 days depending on the species
Butterfly
► Once out of the pupa, the butterfly will crawl to the top so that the wings are weak, wrinkled and slightly damp can hang down and expand normally. As soon as the wings dry, fluffy and strong, the wings will open and close several times and attempted to fly.
► Phase butterfly imago or adult stage is
BEHAVIOR BUTTERFLY:
The butterfly is an insect activity during the day, at night the butterflies will rest and terlindungan leaf trees.
during the active growing butterfly flying and foraging activity and production. Foraging activities carried out on their own but often seem male butterflies and Batina fly in pairs and in time will do copulation.
Furthermore parent butterflies will lay their eggs on their host plants. ranges of butterfly wings will terbamg little low between 10 cm-2 m. While the butterfly wing span larger fly higher up to ± 10 m. On the foraging activity, butterflies will alight on the flowers and stuck probosisnya.