![Close up image of a butterfly wing covered with scales](http://static.sciencelearn.org.nz/images/images/000/000/543/full/BFY_MonarchButterflyScales_copy.jpg?1674164471)
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.
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.