There are classes of animals that undergo a change in form or called metamorphosis (change of stage or form phase). Animals that multiply through the process of metamorphosis, among others, frogs, butterflies, grasshoppers, mosquitoes, and cockroaches. This metamorphosed animal group is distinguished into perfect metamorphosis and imperfect metamorphosis..
Called metamorphosis is perfect when the animal has four phases, namely the egg phase, larvae, pupa (cocoon), and imago (adult). Examples of frogs, butterflies, greenflies, and mascara beetles. While metamorphosis is not perfect if the insects that come out of the eggs do not experience the phase of the cocoon, but from the larvae continue to turn into adult insects. Examples of dragonflies, cicadas, cockroaches, grasshoppers, crickets, and cockroaches. This time we only discuss about the perfect metamorphosis of butterflies.
Butterflies are the final form of a metamorphosis process. The new form, in the form of a butterfly, can fly away and is free from one tree to another, something a caterpillar can not do. The food was no longer a leaf but a sweet flower essence.
Metamorphosis in butterflies is a perfect type of metamorphosis. following the life cycle process on the butterfly and its explanation.
In foraging butterflies will fly individually. When seen they were huddled together simultaneously. that's a sign they will start the reproductive phase. the male butterfly will fertilize the butterfly, then the female butterfly will lay its eggs in the leaves, and repeat the life cycle of the butterfly.