5. Egg stage
Caterpillar or
Larva Stage
Adult
Butterfly
Stage
Chrysalis or
Pupa Stage

6. EGG STAGE
• The egg is sticky.
• It is laid on the
bottom of a
milkweed plant
leaf.
• It hatches in a
few days.

7. • The larva or
caterpillar eats the
eggshell and then
the milkweed
leaves.
• The larva molts or
sheds its skin about
5 times.
Caterpillar or Larva Stage

8. • It hangs
upside down
on the
milkweed
plant
Caterpillar or Larva Stage

9. • The larva forms a
chrysalis or pupa
around its body.
• The chrysalis is
green with dots.
Later it becomes
clear.
Chrysalis or Pupa Stage

10. • An orange and
black butterfly can
be seen inside the
chrysalis. This
change is called
metamorphosis.
Chrysalis or Pupa Stage

11. Metamorphosis
is a process some animals go through to
become adults. It is a series of physical
changes. Metamorphosis is especially
common in insects.

12. • The adult
butterfly
comes out of
the chrysalis in
about two
weeks.
Adult Butterfly Stage

13. • The wings
must dry
before the
adult can fly.
Adult Butterfly Stage

14. • A butterfly has
three main
parts: head,
thorax and
abdomen.
Adult Butterfly Stage

15. HEAD
ABDOMEN
THORAX

16. PARTS OF A BUTTERFLY

17. • The butterfly
sucks nectar
through a
proboscis.
Adult Butterfly Stage

18. • It pumps
liquid into
its wings
from the
abdomen.
Adult Butterfly Stage

19. • It tastes with its
feet.
• It has four
wings.
• It has two
antennae for
touch and smell.
Adult Butterfly Stage

21. In what stage does the picture
show?

22. In what stage does the picture
show?
Chrysalis or
Pupa Stage

23. What picture shows the caterpillar or
larva stage?

24. What picture shows the caterpillar or
larva stage?

25. What is the last stage in the life
cycle of butterfly?

26. What is the last stage in the life
cycle of butterfly?
THE ADULT
BUTTERFLY
STAGE!

27. Egg
CaterpillarChrysalis
Adult
Butterfly

28. “LIKE A
BUTTERFLY,YOU’LL
NEVER KNOW HOW
FAR YOU CAN FLY
UNTIL YOU SPREAD
YOUR WINGS”

29. Prepared by :
MACARIOLA, JOCELLE
and
CELIS, MERVIN