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Quiz
- What common name is given to the Pieris rapae from its preference to feed off cruciferous vegetables?
- Vanessa atalanta is which well known butterfly? It gets its name from the reddish band on its forewing.
- Widespread in southern Britain, Polygonia c-album is named after which punctuation mark?
- How many wings does a butterfly have?
- For what reason is the African giant swallowtail in most record books?
- What is the main colour of the monarch butterfly? Its name is believed to have been given in honour of King William III?
- Which plant with deep green leaves and trumpet-like flowers is the primary food plant for the larvae of the White Admiral?
- Which order of insects includes butterflies and moths?
- The name of which butterfly originated from the discovery of two individuals at Coldharbour Lane in Camberwell, London, in 1748?
- The pupa of butterflies is also called a what?
- The process of changing from a caterpillar to a butterfly is called what?
- What's the French word for butterfly?
- The most widespread of all butterfly species is commonly called the "painted" what?
- The world's largest butterfly species was discovered in 1906 and named in honour of which British Queen?
- What name describes distinctive patterning and is referenced in the common names of several species of the butterfly genera Nymphalis and Aglais?
- Which popular garden plant is commonly known as the 'butterfly bush' due to its attractiveness to butterflies?
Answers
- Cabbage White
- Red admiral
- Comma butterfly
- Four wings (a pair of fore wings in the front and two hind wings in the back)
- Most poisonous butterfly in the world
- Orange (King William III was also known as Prince of Orange)
- Honeysuckle
- Lepidoptera
- Camberwell Beauty
- Chrysalis
- Metamorphosis
- Papillon
- Painted Lady
- Alexandra (the butterfly is called the Queen Alexandra's Birdwing)
- Tortoiseshell
- Buddleja