Are butterflies born alive

Answer 1

Butterflies lay eggs and attach them to leaves. When the egg hatches, a caterpillar emerges. The caterpillar will shed it's skin numerous times as it grows, until eventually it turns into a pupa or chrysalis by attaching itself to a leaf and shedding it's skin for the final time. This is the stage where metamorphosis takes place. Having reached it's adult stage, a butterfly emerges from the chrysalis.

Answer 2

butterflies lay Caterpillar larvae and the caterpillars go into a cocoon then hatch into a butterfly!