Do Butterflies die when they are touched ?

Do Butterflies die when they are touched ? - Myths and Facts

The myth about butterflies that they die when are touched turns out to be false . Instead the

interesting fact is, if you touch a butterfly it will lose rarely enough scales to stop it from flying .

Other fun facts about butterflies:

1- The longest flight recorded by a migrating monarch butterfly was 2,750 miles.

2- Only in Nepal ,butterflies live and flies at an altitude of nearly 15,000 feet .

3-Researchers recorded through high speed cameras that the butterflies flap their wings

approximately 5-20 times every second .

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