1. The smallest butterflies are about 1/8 inch in size, while the largest are about 12 inches wide!
2. Butterflies do not see in black and white, but they can only see the colors red, green and yellow.
3. Some species have been known to out-fly a horse running at full-speed, however the average speed of a butterfly is 5-12 miles per hour.
4. Butterflies cannot fly unless their body temperature is more than 86 degrees!
5. Their eyes are made up of 6,000 lenses, and they can even see ultraviolet light.
6. There are about 20,000 species of butterflies in the world, found on every continent except Antarctica.
7. It takes about 10-15 days for a caterpillar to complete the process of metamorphosis.
8. It was understood that butterflies could not hear until butterfly ears were discovered in 1912.
9. The average life span of a butterfly is 20-40 days.
10. Butterflies are colorful and active during the day, as opposed to moths who are active during the night and drably colored

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