Time-based activity, the butterfly belongs into animal diurnal (active during the day). At a time when weather is sunny, at around 08.00-10.00, they will visit the flowers blooming to suck honey. Ahead of the day, they rest in shady places, and continue ektivitasnya back at around 15.00 – 17.00. The shape and color of a beautiful wing played an important role for reproductive activities. This color is useful to attract couples in order to know each other before committing to marriage. Female butterflies can instantly mate 2 – 3 hours after hatching from the cocoon, while the male takes 2-3 days then he marries. During the process of mating, the males and females pair up in a few hours. After mating, 2 – 3 days later the female lay eggs. But in Jakarta, the butterfly is rarely to be found especially butterflies are brightly coloured due to diminishing place so hard for butterflies to find a place to live.
It contains the butterfly one of animals undergoing metamorphosis. The metamorphosis of the butterfly begins from the eggs, the female butterflies will lay eggs and the eggs will be laid on top of the leaves with a special adhesive material that easily harden. Butterfly eggs protected by a hard berabung skin is covered with a layer of wax that protects the egg anti so as not fully grown larvae before sunburnt. Then the eggs hatch and turn into larvae, that young animals will change shape when fully grown, and the larvae of the butterfly that is the Caterpillar. Caterpillar food is leaves, the longer the Caterpillar will decrease the number of dining and reduced his movement, which makes the Caterpillar does not move quietly and because that is the Caterpillar turns into a chrysalis or pupa by way of wrapping himself with the fine thread made of water in its saliva. After becoming a chrysalis, change the last one is a butterfly
Butterflies generally live by sucking the nectar (nectar/pollen flower). But some kind of liked the liquid sucked up from the fruits that fall on the ground and rot, carrion, bird droppings, tree SAP, salt and sweat, and wetlands.
