The diagram illustrates the life cycle of a butterfly over a period of 12 months.
Overall, it can be seen that the process consists of 5 stages, beginning with an egg and ending with an adult butterfly. During these steps, the egg undergoes several treatments, including hatching, growing, moulding, transforming into a pupa, and emerging as an adult butterfly.
The process begins with an egg, which is hatched approximately in 5-10 days, before developing into a larva. During these days, the larva is considerably enlarged in size, and moulded around 5-6 times in 2 weeks. Following this, the third step involves the larva transporting into a pupa at a certain time.
Subsequently, after being formed into a pupa, the adult butterfly emerges from the pupa in about 2-3 weeks. Lastly, the adult butterfly develops fully, and the full life cycle of the butterfly takes around 12 months, after which the cycle repeats itself.
