catapillar, pupa, chrylsis and then butterfly.
Metamorphosis the name for rapid transformation of a larva into an adult that occurs in some insects. The Butterfly Goes trhough four stages to become adult butterfly. The process can be call Metamophosis.
There are 4 Stages:
Egg:Female Butterfies lay their eggs on plants to enable Caterpiller (later stage) to get the food from plant leafs.
Larva: Also called Caterpillar. It emerges from egg after few days. Caterpillar spends most of its time eating.
Pupa: The Caterpillar forms a protection shield called Pupa when it has finished growing. Most of the transformation takes place in side Pupa.
Butterfly: When the Pupa has finished transformation the Butterfly emerges from the Pupa. The adult Butterfly lays eggs on plants after mating period.
Butterfly Habitats
Monarch Butterfly lay its egg on milkweeds. It always choses a safe place for the eggs. The safest place for a butterfly to lay egg is underneath a leaf. Milkweed plant not only a Host plant for Monarch mothers but also a immediate source of food for Catarpillers.
Yeah i copied it. (cocoon.org)