"butterflies:?

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why are they called butterflies? as there is no butter in them

2007-05-18 10:27:27 · 3 answers · asked by margaret b 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology

I heard they were originally called Flutterbyes, then someone changed the fl and the B. flutterbyes makes more sense as a name...

2007-05-18 11:40:30 · answer #1 · answered by Kilgore 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋

I've always thought to myself someone originally called them flutterbys but then someone else got it backwards and it stuck.

2007-05-18 17:31:15 · answer #2 · answered by Lady Geologist 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋

maybe because they are just so beautiful

beautiful + flutterbys = butterflies

o.0 theory with help from first comment lol..

2007-05-18 17:35:21 · answer #3 · answered by celestialtears006 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋