The butterfly is the most colourful insect. We can see them in daytime in gardens and forests. It has three parts in its body - the head, the thorax and the abdomen. It has two wings. They are of different colors like red, yellow, blue, green, white etc.
Butterfly live on the nectar of flowers. They are born out of eggs. The final stage of a butterfly’s birth called cocoon. It comes out of the cocoon when it is fully developed. It can smell well. It has compounds eyes. It has many noses.
Moths, the other variety of butterfly, are not so colourful and beautiful. They are active after the sun set.