- Having a wingspan of only ½", the smallest butterfly is in the world is found in South Africa. It is know as the Dwarf Blue Butterfly
- Did you know that butterflies need the warmth of the sun to enable them to fly? Butterflies are cold-blooded and will not fly if the temperature is below 50 degrees
- Fiction, you will not hurt a butterfly if you touch it, although you might rub off some of the color of its wings which are actually miniature scales
- Butterfly wings are actually clear. Their colors and patterns are made by the reflection of the scales that cover them
- In Pacific Grove, California, it is a misdemeanor to kill a butterfly
- Caterpillars do NOT have bones, they have over 1,000 muscles in which they use to move from place to place and they can move at a very quick pace
- If you find a caterpillar and place him in a designated place, before you know it , he will have crawled out of sight
- Nicole Kidman has a morbid fear of butterflies
- Butterflies taste with their feet
- Butterflies can see color in the ultraviolet range, revealing patterns on flowers to them that humans can’t see
