Unknown Story

Before being butterflies, butterflies go through a micro-scope.
It first start as caterpillars, which stops eating and just decides to hung upside down from a leaf and spin to form the cocoon.
Cocoon
The cocoon is a protective case that transforms the caterpillars body.
Eventually a butterfly emerges
Camouflage is one of the ways butterflies show adaptation to avoid their predators.
In butterflies, Natural selection is much more stronger in males than in females.
Predators are less likely to attack animals that have the same or similar colours as their surroundings.
Many butterflies close their wings because the borders are a more neutral colour than the vibrant colours of their wings.
Many depend on camouflage to survive. There is a process of blending and adapting to their environment.
Natural selection benefits non-poisonous butterflies that have the same color patter of poisonous butterflies.
Non-poisonous butterfly
The name of the system is Batesian mimicry. A predator will avoid the mimic thinking that they encountered a poisonous butterfly, instead of a non-poisonous butterfly.
Poisonous butterfly
The genetic variation of butterflies are mainly based by the color of their scales, their size and shape too.
Female
Both sexes respond to colors when courting, but males strongly resist to colour changes.
Female butterflies store sperm and are fertile after one mating. As to the male, the reproductive success is proportional to the number of times he mates.
Male

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