nectar from flowers
to have nutrients
leafs
Plants
Many butterflies, including the Diana butterfly eat nectar from plants. They also eat milkweed, ironweed, and certain types of clover.
No. Adult butterflies of any species do not eat grass. They must drink nectar and sap from flowers and plants.
Most insects are plant specific. Monarch Butterflies eat milk weed. Tent caterpillars eat alder. Pine caterpillars eat (of course) pine trees despite the obnoxious pitch. You question has to be more specific.
Apollo butterflies primarily feed on nectar from various flowering plants. As caterpillars, they feed on specific types of plants within the genera Sedum and Helianthemum. Adult butterflies also have been observed extracting moisture and nutrients from damp soil and feces.
they fertilize the ground and eat the plants some times
Cabbage white butterflies primarily feed on nectar from various flowering plants. In their caterpillar stage, they feed on brassica plants, including cabbage, broccoli, and kale, which gives them their common name.
Palos Verdes blue butterflies eat only two plants. They must have either deerweed or locoweed for their larvae to feed on or they cannot survive.
Adult butterflies with one exception only eat nectar from flowers.
They eat plants (recycle) as caterpillars, and feed birds as butterflies. They also remind us that the world we live in is a beautiful gift.