How long do butterflies live?
Most butterfly species live for 2–4 weeks as adults, unless they meet an untimely end before then. Some of the smallest species live for only a few days, while the butterflies that overwinter live the longest.
These are the Brimstone, Peacock, Small Tortoiseshell, Comma and Camberwell Beauty, whose last generation A butterfly flies in 2 generations when the year’s first newly emerged adults (1st generation) bring a new “brood” (“children”) capable of flight into the world in the same year. With 3 generations there are “grandchildren” as well in the same year. The number of generations determines in how many months of the year we can see the butterfly. of the year overwinters in a dormant state in hollow trees, among branches and in sheds. A kind of antifreeze (glycerol) forms in their bodies, so that they can survive even hard frost in winter.
