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)


寬尾鳳蝶(模型)Broad-tailed swallowtail butterfly


學名：Agehana maraho Shiraki & Sonan

大型鳳蝶。展翅約10公分；後翅中室有一白色斑紋，外緣有一排緋紅色的弦月紋，尾狀突起特別寬大。分布於宜蘭、中部、南部高山地區。幼蟲取食樟科臺灣木察樹，成蝶出現於春夏之際。因棲息地遭破壞、幼蟲食草減少，數量稀少，現列為保育類動物之一。
蝴蝶的一生
蝴蝶的生活史為完全變態，一生有卵、幼蟲、蛹、成蟲等4個階段。由毛毛蟲到飛舞的蝶影，充滿了危險、艱辛與傳奇。
The Broad-tailed swallowtail butterfly is a large swallowtail with a wingspan of 10cm and one white line on its middle cell of hingwings.they have a series of red, crescent-shaped markings on the outer margins of their wings. its tail is large. its distributtion is around the high mountains of Ilain, Taiwan middle area, and south area.
長臂金龜Formosan long-armed scarab