What is the total number of butterfly species in the world?

Species of butterflies.

Species of butterflies.

There are 17,000 species of butterflies recorded in the world, of which China accounts for about 1,300 species. The largest number of butterflies is produced in the Amazon basin of South America, followed by Southeast Asia. The most beautiful and ornamental butterflies in the world are also found in Brazil, Peru and other countries in South America.

Most of the internationally protected species are found in Southeast Asia, such as Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. In the same area, different humidity environments and different plant communities were formed at different altitudes, and many different butterfly populations were formed accordingly. China's Yunnan province is a good example.

In Asia, Taiwan is also famous for its wide variety of butterfly species. Butterflies are generally brightly colored, with various spots on their wings and body, and a pair of club-shaped or hammer-shaped antennae on their heads (this is the main difference from moths, which have a variety of antennae shapes). The largest butterfly spreads its wings up to 24 centimeters, while the smallest one is only centimeters.

Large butterflies are very eye-catching, and there are people who collect various butterfly specimens, and in the Americas, "butterfly watching" migration has become an activity like "bird watching", attracting many people. However, there are many species of butterflies that are major pests of agriculture and fruit trees.

According to the characteristics of butterflies and the degree of evolution, butterflies around the world can be divided into 4 general families and 17 families, which are listed as follows:

Papilionoidea

Nymphaloidea

Papilionidae

Acraeidae

Parnassiidae

Ring butterfly family amathusiidae

Pink butterfly family pieridae

Danaidae of the Spotted Butterfly family

Gray butterfly general family lycaenidea

Heliconiidae

Lycaenidae in the family Gray Butterfly

Ithomiidae

Riodinidae

Libytheidae

Butterfly General Hesperoidea

Morphidae

Euschemonidae

nymphalidae

Hesperiidae

Ocular Butterflyidae satyrldae

Megathymidae of the family Grandeidae

In the above classification, there is no distribution in China in the five families of Da Lang Butterfly, Silk Butterfly, Flash Butterfly, Sleeve Butterfly, and Reined Butterfly. Butterflies and Butterflies are the butterflies with the most aesthetic and economic value, followed by Butterflies, Pink Butterflies, Silk Butterflies, Spotted Butterflies, Ring Butterflies, etc.

According to the ecological environment, butterflies can also be divided into the following types: forest butterflies, swamp butterflies, forest and grassland butterflies, and agricultural plant butterflies.

There are many species of butterflies, there are about 14,000 species in the world, most of which are distributed in the Americas, and China is also rich in butterfly species.

Butterfly family: It is a beautiful butterfly species of medium to large size. It is often based on black, yellow and white, decorated with red, blue, green, yellow and other color markings, and some species have a brilliant and dazzling blue, green, yellow and other colors of metallic luster.

Pink butterfly family: It is a small to medium-sized butterfly species. It is often white and yellow, decorated with black, red, yellow and other color markings, and the surface of most species of wings is powdered.

Butterfly family: It is a small to medium-sized butterfly species, a few are large species, more than 5000 species are known, and it is the largest family of butterflies. Rich in color and different in shape.

Gray butterfly family: It is a small butterfly species. The front of the wings is mainly gray, brown, black and other colors, and the surface of the wings of some species has a brilliant and dazzling purple, blue, green and other colors of metallic luster.

Silky butterfly: mostly medium-sized, white or waxy yellow. Adult silkworms have short antennae, and the ends are swollen and club-shaped; lower lip whiskers short; The body is covered with dense hairs. The wings are nearly rounded, and the scales on the surface of the wings are sparse (scales seed-like).

Ring butterfly family: Mostly medium to large butterfly species. It is often gray-brown and yellow-brown as the base tone, and is decorated with black and white markings. The color is mostly yellow, gray, brown, dark brown, and a few dark purple.

Spotted butterfly: Medium or large species, with a black body, white dots on the head and abdomen, and colorful wings with a social habit. The tips of the antennae of adult spotted butterflies gradually thicken, but they are not obvious.

Ocular butterfly family: mostly small to medium-sized butterfly species. It is often based on gray-brown and black-brown, and is decorated with black and white markings.

Butterfly family: Separated from the family Butterflyidae, the adult worm is similar to the species of the family Spotted butterfly, so it is also called the family Butterflyidae. Adults are small to medium-sized butterfly species that are brown or red in color and decorated with black and white markings.

Beaked butterfly: There are few species, there are only ten species in the world. It is a small and medium-sized butterfly species, and it is the earliest butterfly species found to appear on the earth.

Clam butterfly: It is a small butterfly species. It is mainly red, brown and black, decorated with white markings, and the color and markings on the front and back of the wings are similar.

Butterfly family: Adults belong to small butterfly species, which are the most special species in morphology and living habits among butterflies. The antennae of adults of the family Dipteridae are pointed hook-like at the ends; The forefeet of both male and female adults are normal.

The Amazon basin has the largest variety of butterflies.

It is estimated that there are about 18,000 different types of butterflies worldwide. These butterflies are found in a variety of different habitats, including forests, grasslands, deserts, and cities. Despite their abundance, butterflies face a range of threats, such as habitat destruction, climate change and pollution, which have led to declining populations of many butterflies.

Butterflies are a class of insects that grow all over the globe and are often considered beautiful and elegant. While butterflies may vary in appearance and behavior from species to species, they all share one common feature, and that is their wings. Butterflies' wings are one of their most striking features, and they often have a wide variety of patterns, colors, and shapes on their wings.

In China, there are also very many species of butterflies, with nearly 2,000 species. There are many species of butterflies in China, and some of them have become national key protected animals. For example, the Chinese blue pearl butterfly, the Yunnan halo butterfly, etc., are very rare butterfly species.

The life cycle of a butterfly is also very interesting. The life cycle of a butterfly is divided into four stages: egg, larva, pupa and adult.

The larvae are the longest stage of a butterfly's life cycle and usually last anywhere from a few weeks to a few months. At this stage, butterflies obtain nutrients by eating plants so that they can grow and develop before pupating.

Butterflies play an important role in the ecosystem, not only as pollinators of many plants, but also as food for many animals**. Therefore, the conservation of butterflies is essential to maintain ecological balance and biodiversity.

In conclusion, butterflies are a beautiful and diverse group of insects that come in a variety of shapes, patterns and colors, making them one of the most beautiful creatures in nature. Although butterflies are abundant, they still face many threats. Therefore, we should take steps to protect these beautiful creatures so that they can continue to thrive in our world in the future.

Butterfly, commonly known as "butterfly", is a general term for arthropods, insects, lepidoptera, and hammerhorns. There are about 14,000 species in the world, most of which are found in the Americas, especially in the Amazon Basin. Butterflies are classified as lepidoptera, and tens of thousands of species in the world fall under this category.

Butterflies evolved and pollinated from the Cretaceous period onwards with flowering plants that served as food, and were the last organisms in the evolution of insects.

Butterflies are generally brightly colored, there are many stripes on the body, the color is richer, the wings and body have various spots, the largest butterfly spreads its wings up to about 28 30 centimeters, and the smallest is only about centimeters. The main difference between butterflies and moths is that butterflies have a pair of club-shaped or hammer-shaped antennae on their heads, and moths have antennae that come in a variety of shapes.