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The 17 pages that link to Butterfly, each with the reason it gives.

• MetamorphosisBroader topic: Its caterpillar, chrysalis, and winged adult illustrate complete metamorphosis.

• Complete metamorphosisBroader topic: Its caterpillar, chrysalis, and winged adult make the stages easy to distinguish.

• ProboscisBroader topic: Most adult butterflies use a coiled proboscis to feed on liquids.

• CaterpillarNarrower topic: A butterfly is the adult form that follows the caterpillar stage in its life cycle.

• MothCompared with: Butterflies are the closest familiar comparison, though neither group has a single decisive distinguishing trait.

• Mariah CareyBroader topic: Carey has described it as a personal and artistic turning point after her separation from Mottola.

• Rostrum (insect anatomy)Compared with: Its sucking proboscis is formed chiefly from maxillary structures rather than a true-bug beak.

• James M. CainBroader topic: Its taboo subject shows Cain extending his fiction into Southern Gothic territory.

• DamselflyCompared with: Unlike butterflies, damselflies develop without a pupal stage and have predatory aquatic nymphs.

• SphingidaeCompared with: Sphingids are moths, though some fly by day and resemble butterflies in activity.

• NymphalidaeNarrower topic: This broader group includes all brush-footed butterflies.

• Swallowtail butterflyNarrower topic: Swallowtails are butterflies with the group’s characteristic wing scales and adult body plan.

• Biological life cycleBroader topic: Its complete metamorphosis makes distinct developmental stages visible.

• LasiocampidaeCompared with: Lasiocampids are moths, contrasted with the day-flying group commonly called butterflies.

• LepidopterologyBroader topic: Butterflies form one familiar group within the order studied.

• Urtica dioicaRelated: Several butterfly caterpillars depend on nettles as food plants.

• Vanessa carduiNarrower topic: The painted lady is a butterfly with the order’s characteristic scaled wings.