🦋 Butterfly Anatomy Explorer

Discover what makes a butterfly amazing • Grades 3–4

Explore the butterflyHover to make a body part glow • Click to learn
Click a glowing part to explore!

A butterfly is an insect. Its body has three main sections and six legs.

Butterfly field guide

Meet the Butterfly!

Move your pointer over the butterfly to highlight its body parts. Click any part to learn what it does. On a tablet or phone, simply tap a part.

What does it do?
Every part has an important job—from flying and finding flowers to drinking nectar and sensing the world.

Start with a wing, eye, antenna, leg, or one of the butterfly's three body sections!

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