HOW THE PROCESS OF THE BUTTERFLY

Metamorphosis is a biological process in animal development that involves

changes in the structure fisic or appearance after birth or hatching.

The process of metamorphosis of the butterfly through several stages of phase .

The first phase is the egg ( ovum , plural ova ) , the second phase is a worm or
caterpillar ( larvae , larvae ) , the third phase is the chrysalis or cocoon or
chrysalis ( pupa , pupae ) and the fourth phase is in the form of a butterfly insect
or imago ( plural imagines ) . Here are the stages of butterfly metamorphosis
process and an explanation.

eggs
The eggs will hatch into larvae after 3-5 days .

The larvae ( caterpillars )

At the time of growth , the outer shell of the larvae did not participate stretch ,
but when the outer skin becomes very tight larvae , the larvae molt. In general,
the larvae molt as many as 4-6 times , alternating periods of skin ( molting ) also
called instars . At this stage the larvae have been prepupa phase and will release
the last skin to form a pupa ( chrysalis )

Pupa ( Pupa )

in the process of formation of the pupa is happening butterfly takes

approximately 7-20 days depending on the type of species .

Butterfly
the young butterflies will try to fly , the butterfly will grow into a young adult
butterfly and was on the imago phase .
Egg

The egg is the first stage in the butterfly and moth life
cycle. Butterfly and moth eggs are very small and round,
oval or cylindrical. Many have ribs or other tiny features.
Females lay their eggs on or near the plants that will later
become caterpillar food.
Monarch butterfly egg

Larva

The larva hatches from the egg. Butterfly and moth larvae
are usually called caterpillars. Caterpillars spend most of
their time eating. Butterflies and moths do all of their
growing when they're caterpillars, and food gives them the
energy and body-building materials they need. A
caterpillar's exoskeleton can't stretch or grow, so the Monarch butterfly
caterpillar sheds its skin, or molts, several times as it caterpillar
grows.

Pupa

When a caterpillar has finished growing, it forms a pupa.

From the outside, the pupa looks as if it's resting. But
inside, every part of the caterpillar is changing. Most of its
organs and other body parts dissolve and re-form into the
organs, tissues, limbs and wings of the adult. Butterfly
pupae are called chrysalises. Many moth caterpillars spin
Monarch butterfly
cocoons and form pupae inside them. chrysalis

Adult

When the pupa has finished changing, it moths one last

time and emerges as an adult butterfly or moth. The adult
emerges with its wings folded up against its body. The
butterfly or moth pumps blood into the wings to expand
them. The adult is the stage when butterflies and moths
mate and reproduce. Females lay their eggs on plants or
other surfaces, and the cycle starts all over again. Newly emerged adult