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Is a butterfly an insect or bug?

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insect, a six legged invertebrate
Is a butterfly (diurnal insect typically having a slender body with knobbed antennae and broad colorful wings) a member of the class insect, a six legged invertebrate or the class insect, a six legged invertebrate?

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Yes, they are (by definition) considered insects. They are in the insect order Lepidoptera and are classified with insects because they have a head, thorax, and abdomen .They ...
ur referring to the true bugs http://www.cirrusimage.com/bugs.htm butterflies and moths are not hemipterans but lepidopterans http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lepidoptera
A butterfly is a mainly day-flying insect of the order Lepidoptera, which includes the butterflies and moths. Like other holometabolous insects, the butterfly's life cycle ...
... plant's foliage also attracts a variety of bugs, including the larvae of monarch and queen butterflies. Another frequent insect visitor to butterfly weed is the milkweed bug.

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