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Butterfl Y: Adrián Orlando Del Ángel Martínez

Butterflies have several important roles: 1) They help with plant pollination by transporting pollen between flowers as they consume nectar. 2) Butterflies are part of the food chain, serving as a food source for other animals. 3) Their presence and diversity indicate the health of ecosystems, as butterflies rely on specific plant relationships at different stages of their lifecycle.

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Butterfl Y: Adrián Orlando Del Ángel Martínez

Butterflies have several important roles: 1) They help with plant pollination by transporting pollen between flowers as they consume nectar. 2) Butterflies are part of the food chain, serving as a food source for other animals. 3) Their presence and diversity indicate the health of ecosystems, as butterflies rely on specific plant relationships at different stages of their lifecycle.

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BUTTERFL

Y
Adrián Orlando Del Ángel Martínez
HABITAT

Some species are migratory. Among them, some In this sense, what is essential for the habitat of
are among the insects that cover the greatest the butterflies are the good temperatures and the
distances on their travels. abundant vegetation where they obtain their
sustenance.
Among the best-known migratory species are the For this reason, they are capable of living in
monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus plexippus), forests, jungles, savannas, mountains and even in
the hummingbird sphinx (Macroglossum cities with natural lungs.
stellatarum), etc.
•The feeding of these insects
depends on the stage in which they
are. The larvae or caterpillars
consume their own egg at birth,
and grow as they eat leaves,
flowers, fruits, stems and roots.
During this period, they can be
considered herbivorous. When
they enter the chrysalis stage, they NUTRITION
stop feeding.

•After the metamorphosis of the


butterfly, species with a longer life
expectancy consume nectar, while
others, those that live only a few
days, concentrate on reproducing,
since they have obtained all the
nutrients they need during their
larval stage.
PURPOSE

Butterflies transport pollen from flowers to various plants, thereby


helping pollination, are part of the food chain of living beings, and are
ecological indicators of the diversity and health of the ecosystems in
which they inhabit.
•Researchers from the University of
Michigan (UM) concluded that
monarch butterflies use medicinal
plants to treat illnesses in their
offspring, which is a sign of the
evolution of this species.

•According to the results of the


research, the behavior is
transgenerational, in such a way that
although it is the mother that
expresses the behavior, it is only the
baby that benefits.

•The experiments established that a


female monarch infected with
parasites prefers to lay her eggs on a
toxic species of milkweed plant,
rather than non-toxic ones, while non-
infected butterflies showed no
preference.

•An infected female passes the


ILLNESSES parasites to her young when she lays
IMPORTANCE

Butterflies are excellent bioindicators of the state of health of natural


ecosystems, more than any other animal, they reflect the conditions of
conservation or alteration of ecosystems due to the close plant-animal
relationship.

Two of the four stages of development that a butterfly goes through


depend exclusively on plants: caterpillars are purely herbivorous, while
imagos (the adult butterfly) feed mainly on nectar and pollen.

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