00:00Butterflies are graceful and colorful insects belonging to the Lepidoptera order.
00:06There are about 18,000 species of butterflies worldwide.
00:10Their bodies have three parts, the head, thorax, and abdomen.
00:16They have two pairs of large wings covered with tiny scales.
00:20These scales reflect light, giving butterflies their vivid colors.
00:25The butterfly life cycle has four stages.
00:28Egg, caterpillar, larva, pupa, chrysalis, and adult butterfly.
00:35This transformation is called metamorphosis.
00:38During the caterpillar stage, they eat a lot of leaves to store energy,
00:43because most adult butterflies only drink nectar.
00:46Butterflies are usually active during the day.
00:50They use their long tongues to drink nectar from flowers,
00:54and while doing so, they help carry pollen from one flower to another,
00:59playing an important role as pollinators in nature.
01:03Butterflies are both delicate and ecologically important.
01:08Climate change, habitat loss, and pesticides threaten their populations.
01:13Planting flowers and reducing chemical use can help protect them.
01:19Some species even migrate.
01:21For example, the monarch butterfly travels thousands of kilometers each year from North America to Mexico.
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