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Butterflies and moths were associated with death, sometimes merely as omens, sometimes as the soul or ghost (Opie and Tatem, 1989: 266-7). In Devon and parts of Yorkshire they were thought to be souls of unbaptized babies (Radford, Radford, and Hole, 1961: 77-8).
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Most of the butterflies in this family are in medium size. They usually have white or yellow wings with black edges, and some have red and yellow patterns beneath their wings. They don't have tails on their hind-wings. Their flight is rapid and they usually fly erratically amongst the plants.
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Technically speaking, butterflies are types of moths. But there are some ways to tell them apart. Butterflies generally have long, smooth antennae that are rounded on the ends, while most moths have thick, feathery antennae. Moths ... tend to have larger, fuzzier bodies than butterflies. Most moths fly at night, while most butterflies fly during the day. Because of when they're active, butterflies tend to be more colorful than moths, but that's not always the case.
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Batesian and Mullerian mimicry in butterflies is common. Batesian mimics imitate other species to enjoy the protection of an attribute they do not share, aposematism in this case. The Common Mormon of India has female morphs which imitate the unpalatable red-bodied swallowtails, the Common Rose and the Crimson Rose. Mullerian mimicry occurs when aposematic species evolve to resemble each other, presumably to reduce predator sampling rates, the Heliconius butterflies of the Americas being a good example.
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Of the 100 or so eggs that may be laid, only 2% should be expected to survive to become healthy adult butterflies. This figure is reasonable since in the aggregate one egg will replace the female and the other the male. The other 98% will fall by the wayside in the course of their development as eggs, larvae, pupae and emerging adults.
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