Life cycle of Lepidoptera
The life cycle can be distinguished four stages: egg, caterpillar (larva), pupa and perfect insect, which is mature or final form. Another definition is a form of adult imago. Last volatile form not only allows colonized new areas, but it is a form of reproducing. After mating females lay eggs (one or more) for a specific plant species or in another place, which is also food for the caterpillars.
If the female will lay eggs on the wrong ground, then the caterpillars when wyklują from eggs, would not have guaranteed food and die. Some species lay their eggs in flight, scattering them in different plants.
The eggs hatch caterpillars - larvae, elongated forms, whose body is covered with chitin-I rings. The caterpillar is like a living tube, whose primary function is the absorption of huge amounts of food. This creature also has developed senses, to avoid the threat of multiple attackers.