It is the abdomen and its body covering is the exoskeleton.
The exoskeleton that makes up a butterfly's body is made out of chitin.
A butterfly is an invertebrate, and doesn't have an internal skeleton. It has an exoskeleton (hard body covering).
It's an exoskeleton. Butterflies, like other insects, don't have a proper skeleton. So, they have a skeleton outside their bodies, called the exoskeleton, protecting their insides. This exoskeleton acts as an outer covering too.
skin
An exoskeleton.
skin
A butterfly's body is covered in a cuticle that we often call 'skin'. The cuticle is not alive; skin is alive. The cuticle is covered in scales. Scales give the butterfly its color and repels water.
The hard external covering of insects is made of a substance called chitin.
they have feathers and its called DOWN.
In its many and varied forms it is called the Integument.
Not really. They outer body covering is called chitin.
The body covering of a python is known as scales. The python is a snake which has a flexible body which is covered with overlapping scales.