Butterfly Life Cycle

Also called

life cycle of a butterfly · metamorphosis · egg larva pupa adult · caterpillar to butterfly · chrysalis · pupa · larva · complete metamorphosis

Topics

• a butterfly's life has four stages: egg, larva (caterpillar), pupa (chrysalis), adult
• the stages always come in the same order and form a cycle
• a caterpillar eats leaves of its host plant and grows by shedding its skin
• a butterfly pupa is called a chrysalis; it is not a silk cocoon
• the adult comes out of the chrysalis, its wings expand, and it later lays eggs
• eggs laid by the adult start the next generation
• stages last different lengths of time; the model does not show exact days or one species

About this model

A GLB file of about 624 KB, shown in Lably's 3D viewer and, on a phone, placed in your room with AR. Credit: Egg, caterpillar, chrysalis and adult butterfly meshes: 'Butterfly life cycle' by Jose Luis Martinez, Tactiles (https://tactiles.eu/tactiles/butterfly-life-cycle/), CC BY-SA 4.0 - print plates removed, decimated, chrysalis mirrored into a closed shape, butterfly wings separated into hinged left/right sets. Host plant, ground, ring arrows, highlight, time dial, empty chrysalis case staging and all animation newly authored for Lably. The whole model is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. | CC BY-SA 4.0

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