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its name doesnt change its still called a butterfly
The younger butterfly may have a similar pattern to the adult
An adult butterfly is called just that. In the larva stage it is called a caterpillar. The process is called metamorphosis.
If it is a butterfly it is not a baby it is an adult. The immature phase of butterflies and moths takes the form of caterpillars. Generally caterpillars eat leaves but different species feed on different plants.
A butterfly starting with "cat" is a "caterpillar," which is the larval stage of a butterfly before it undergoes metamorphosis into an adult butterfly.
A Caterpillar is a worm like larva of a butterfly and a nymph is a immature form insect that does not change greatly as it grows e.g. a dragonfly, mayfly or locust. Compared to Larva.
Adult stage.
Adult contemporary
Actually there's five: egg *caterpillar *Chrysalis *Adult emerges *Adult/ butterfly
So it will be poisonous to bird that want to eat it
A butterfly doesn't change into anything, it's the 'end product' of its life cycle. Insect life cycles have four stages; egg, larva, pupa and winged adult. A butterfly's larva is the caterpillar, the pupa is the chrysalis, and the adult is the butterfly itself! :)
the four stages of a complete metamorphosis in order are egg,larva,pupa,and the adult