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Who put the butter in butterfly?

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Anonymous

12y ago
Updated: 8/17/2019

You may trace the origin to the Old Englishlanguage, quite possibly derived from the idea that uncovered milk or butter was consumed by these insects. OR, the pale yellow color of the wings of many species appear to be the color of butter.

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