Information Sheet
Grassland Animals
 

Butterfly

There are about 380 different types of butterfly in Europe. European butterflies can be distinguished from moths because they have clubbed antennae. They sleep with their wings closed over their backs and have a long coiled tongue (proboscis) with which they drink nectar.

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Butterflies eat :
nectar

Butterflies are eaten by
birds

Group: Insecta