The butterflies and rose-beetles are the most gorgeous among insects; the humming-birds and parrots are the most gorgeous among birds.

Among them is 'The butterfly was a gentleman, Which nobody can refute: He left his lady-love at home, And roamed in a velvet suit.

The Golden Butterfly was hardly an airship any longer.

Thus butterflies are an ideal medium for a botanist who wishes to have an idea of the plant species in the locality.

The butterfly, that airy thing, That floated on its gilded wing, And birds that with their music rare, Warbling filled the summer air; Dewdrops that gemm'd the morning flower, Allall were pageants of an hour, The trappings of a summer day, That sank with her into decay.

The new-born brimstone butterflies were upon the wing, a flutter of lambent green.

Their butterfly or bow tie shapes became design elements, quasi-geometric signatures.

The butterfly with gilded wing, That flits from spray to spray, Is but an evanescent thing, That passeth soon away.

The butterfly of yesterday had become the strong man's mate of to-day.

" Butterflies are strange creatures.

The butterfly, that airy thing, That floated on its gilded wing, And birds that with their music rare, Warbling filled the summer air; Dewdrops that gemm'd the morning flower, Allall were pageants of an hour, The trappings of a summer day, That sank with her into decay.

The smallest butterflies are about a few centimetres in size and one of the biggest butterflies is about the size of two palms put together.

I learnt from him that butterflies are insects that are more closely related to plants than to insects.