蝴蝶的特徵 characteristics of the butterfly


蝴蝶是昆蟲的一員，屬鱗翅目。蝴蝶的身體由幾丁質外骨骼所構成。成蝶與其他昆蟲一樣，可分為頭、胸、腹3部分，具6隻腳，2對翅膀。與蛾類最大的不同點，觸角為棍狀或球桿狀，停棲時翅膀常閉合直立，或偶而搧動。

butterflies are one kind of insects that belong to the order of Lepidoptera. Their body are structure of the chitin. Audlt butterflies just like others insecents, they all have six legs and three body parts- a head, a thorax, and an abdomen,and two pairs of wings. Compaired with moths, butterflies' antennaes are stick-shaped or club-shaped, and they usually rest with their wing folded up or sometimes fanned.


蝴蝶的身體結構 the structure of butterflies

以紅星斑蛺蝶為例(蛺蝶之足已退化為4足)。for the examples of Hestina assimilis formosana (Moore)(the fritillary had
degenerated to four legs.)

圖之文字：複眼 胸部 觸角 頭部 口器 足 腹部 前翅 翅室 翅脈 後翅

compound eye (複眼) thorax(胸部) antennaes(觸角) head(頭部) mothparts(口器) leg(足) abdomen(腹部) forewings(前翅) wing cell(翅室) wing vein (翅脈) hindwings(後翅)