1. Butterfly Life cycle
By Peggy Britt

2. Butterflies and moths undergo complete metamorphosis in which they go through four different life stages.

3. Egg - A butterfly starts its life as an egg.

4. A caterpillar is born.
He eats the leaves of the plant
for food.

5. 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.

6. The adult butterfly emerges from the chrysalis after several weeks.