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Butterfly wings are covered with scales
Butterflies belong to the order Lepidoptera. Lepidoptera comes from the Greek ‘lepis’ (meaning scale) and ‘petron’ (meaning wing). Each wing is covered by thousands of tiny scales.
Rights: Mr Raul Gonzalez, 2005 Olympus BioScapes Digital Imaging Competition
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