pupal stage of butterflies
Latin: chrysallis
Ancient Greek:χρυσαλλις
Derived from the metallic–gold coloration found in the pupae of many butterflies
referred to by the Ancient Greek χρυσός(chrysós) for gold
When the caterpillar 🐛 is fully grown, it makes a button of silk
which it uses to fasten its body to a leaf 🍃 or a twig
Then the caterpillar's skin comes off for the final time
Under this old skin is a hard skin called a chrysalis
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Butterfly
Hedylidae
moth
Hesperiidae
skippers
Lycaenidae
blues
Nymphalidae
brush-footed or four-footed
Papilionidae
swallowtails
Pieridae
whites & allies
Riodinidae
metalmarks