Biology of butterflies

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Sub class: Pterigota (Winged insect)
Ex: Butterflis

• Habitat: Terrestrial and air
• Symmetry: Bilateral
• Tagmatation/metamerism is present.
• No of body tagma: 3 (Head, thorax and abdomen)
• Body cover: Chitinous cuticle
• Jointed appendages (Segmentation and jointed appendages are increased body function and specified for adaptive
functions): Pair of antennae, 3 pair of legs
• Mouth parts for food capturing: Manibiles and Maxillae
• Presence of uniramous appendages (appendages are not branched).
• Open circulatory system
• Reduced coelom (Most of body cavity consists of homo-coelom filled with blood).
• Complete digestive tract
• Exoskeleton of cuticle