butterflies
Example Sentences
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Because climate change could have good and negative effects on butterflies, the focus must be on habitat restoration.
From BBC
A number of scientific studies point out that some of the region’s unique species, especially butterflies, have already gone extinct.
From New York Times
Pollinating insects, such as bees, beetles, flies, butterflies and wasps visit flowers to collect pollen and nectar as a source of food.
From Salon
The prisoners create decorations for the visits, including colorful paper flowers, butterflies, family photos framed in construction paper and even the bouquet presented to Martinez by her daughter.
From Washington Times
To the non-expert, they could easily be mistaken for the common or garden cabbage white butterflies seen in Britain every summer.
From BBC
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