Butterflies are one of nature's most beautiful creatures. Scientist believe there are about 24,000 different species of butterflies. "Butter-colored fly is thought to be the origin of the name butterfly, which applied to the brimstone butterfly one of Britain's most well-known butterfly Both butterflies and moths belong to the Lepidoptera family. They have many things in common however the main distinctions between the two are a moth's antennac are feathery or saw-edged and Moths have a frenulum, which is a wing-coupling device which butterflies do not have. Butterflies go through about four life stages before​