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Scientific name: Aglais Io

Adult Size:
 2.7 inches

Adult Weight:
 0.3g-3g

Top Speed: 19.31 km/h (12mph)

Life Span: 11 months

HabitatSalt marshes, mangroves, sand dunes, lowland forest, wetlands, grasslands and mountain zones

Diet: Nectar from flowers but also eat tree sap, dung, pollen, or rotting fruit 

Other interesting facts: Many butterflies can taste with their feet to find out whether the leaf they sit on is good to lay eggs on to be their caterpillars' food or not.

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