butterfly

Example Sentences

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The population of a rare butterfly species has increased by more than 90 times in Kent over two decades, according to a conservation charity.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

The butterfly effect of American ingenuity is given full flight.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026

The newly protected area includes species-rich chalk grassland, important archaeological records and habitat for rare wildlife, including the endangered Duke of Burgundy butterfly.

From BBC • May 27, 2026

Matt said the highlight of the experience would be the blue morpho butterfly from central America, "with iridescent blue wings, darting and flitting" around the space.

From BBC • May 22, 2026

She feels the entirety of the circus radiating around her, as though a net has been thrown over it, trapping everything within the iron fence, fluttering like a butterfly.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern