  Butterflies Butterflies are insects. They have four wings covered with tiny, shingle-like scales and by mouthparts that form a hollow, flexible tube like a drinking straw. Most butterflies eat nectar of flowers. Butterflies have small bodies and large wings, and a pair of antennae on their heads. Butterfly (singular) is also a type of swimming stroke. Muhammad Ali could "float like a butterfly, sting like a bee. " I like butterflies. They are cool. 
