What is Butterfly?
{{Automatic taxobox | name = Butterflies | fossil_range = [[Palaeocene]]{{ndash}}[[Holocene|present]] <br/>~60 mya {see text} | image = Fesoj - Papilio machaon (by).jpg | image_caption = ''[[Papilio machaon]]'' | taxon = Rhopalocera | subdivision_ranks = Subgroups | subdivision = * Superfamily [[Hedyloidea]]: ** [[Hedylidae]] * Superfamily [[Papilionoidea]]: ** [[Hesperiidae]] ** [[Lycaenidae]] ** [[Nymphalidae]] ** [[Papilionidae]] ** [[Pieridae]] ** [[Riodinidae]] }} [[File:Euschemon rafflesia (ento-csiro-au).jpg|thumb|right|The [[regent skipper]] (''Euschemon rafflesia'') is the most distinct skipper butterfly, forming a [[subfamily]] of the [[Hesperiidae]]]] [[File:Gonepteryx rhamni - Citron-1.jpg|thumb|right|Some butterflies do [[camouflage]]: the excellent leaf-[[mimic]] ''Gonepteryx rhamni'', the [[common brimstone]], on purple loosestrife]] [[File:Kallima inachus qtl1.jpg |thumb|''[[Kallima]] inachus'' is a [[nymphalid]] butterfly found in tropical Asia. With its wings closed, it looks like a dry leaf with dark veins]] [[File:Orange oak leaf.JPG|thumb|The same butterfly, ''Kallima inachus'', showing the upper side of its wings.]] [[File:Cute boy face with butterfly.jpg|thumb|Boy looks at butterfly]] A '''butterfly''' is a (usually) day-flying [[insect]] of the [[order (biology)|order]] [[Lepidoptera]]. They are grouped together in the suborder '''Rhopalocera'''. Butterflies are related to [[moth]]s, from which they [[evolved]] about 56 million years ago.<ref name=Grimbut/> The earliest discovered fossil moth was 200 million years ago.<ref>Briggs, Helen. Meet the butterflies from 200 million years ago. ''BBC Science & Environment''. [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-42636275] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190720103351/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-42636275 |date=2019-07-20 }}</ref> The life of butterflies is closely connected to [[flowering plants]]. Their [[larvae]] ([[caterpillar]]s) feed on plants, and their adults feed on flowers. They lay their eggs on