How long to butterfly live for?

Answer 1

It depends on the species of butterfly. Some are very shortlived, changing from caterpillar to butterfly, feeeding, mating and laying eggs in one short season. Others migrate over huge distances taking up to a year to do so, while others hibernate for a single winter as butterflies.

Answer 2

Different species have different potential life spans. An average butterfly species has an adult life span of about 2 weeks or less. It is a common misconception that all butterflies live for only one day. However, no adult butterfly can live for more than a year. One particularly long-lived species (for a butterfly anyway), is the Monarch, which is why you tend to see more of them than other butterfly species.

Answer 3

butterflies live about an average of one month. However, the lifespan can differ according to species. For example, Mourning Cloaks, some tropical Heliconians, and Monarchs are some of the only butterflies that have an average life span of about nine months.

It also depends on if the butterfly is living in the wild, or in captivity, and the number of predators in that area.
A butterfly's life span will vary depend on its size and environment. A small butterfly will usually live only once a week or so, while a large butterfly can live up to 9 months.
Anywhere from 3 days to 3 weeks. In captivity they live longer as they do not need to worry about predators or pesticides.
Some butterflies only live 2-18 days. The monarch butterfly may live up to 6 months. Some butterflies, such as the Mourning Cloak, may live up to a year.
Butterflies have a lifespan between 2 weeks and 2 months long

Fun Fact: Did you know that a butterfly can taste from their feet?

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Usually about three months. Hope that helped xxx
most live for two or three weeks
It really depends on the type of butterfly. Some species live in the larval stage (caterpillar) for longer than their adult winged lifespan. The total lifespan may range from one month to six months.

A Monarch Butterfly, spends about two weeks as a larva, two weeks as a pupa, and normally about two months as a winged adult.
Butterflies can live from a week or up to a year depending on the species.

Answer 4

"Different butterfly species have different adult potential life spans. By marking butterflies then recapturing or sighting them later scientists gain information on how long butterflies can live. An average butterfly species has an adult life span of 2 weeks or less. For example one butterfly studied in Costa Rica had a life expectancy of about 2 days, and live 10 days at the most. No adult butterfly can live more than a year. The Mourning Cloak adult and some related tortoiseshells and anglewings that hatch in early summer may live almost a year. It over winters as an adult and then waits to court, mate and lay eggs the following spring or early summer. Monarchs and Swallowtails may live about a month in the summer, but the Monarchs that migrate to Mexico or the California coast may live up to 6 months. Some long-lived tropical butterflies live up to 6 months as adults. The long-life champion is a tiny yucca moth that feeds on Banana Yucca (Yucca baccata). Dr. Jerry Powell of the University of California at Berkeley has found this moth's caterpillar may be able to wait up until 30 years to form a pupa and emerge as an adult." this is someone's else answer, you obvisley worded yours wrongly, so i put someones elses answer for the same question. credit to this persons answer :P

Answer 5

A butterfly can live up to 100 years old, usually they live up to 1 month.