Butterfly Life cycle By Peggy Britt
Butterflies and moths undergo complete metamorphosis in which they go through four different life stages.
Egg - A butterfly starts its life as an egg.
A caterpillar is born. He eats the leaves of the plant for food.
The caterpillar sheds its skin and becomes a pupa. The pupa stays inside a hard shell called a chrysalis. Inside the chrysalis, the pupa is changing from a caterpillar's body to a butterfly's body.
The adult butterfly emerges from the chrysalis after several weeks.