There are several theories on what is so \u2018buttery\u2019 about butterflies.<\/li>\n

Theory 1: <\/b>Old Dutch<\/span><\/a> people brought about \u2018butter\u2019 because this fly\u2019s first poop resembles butter.<\/li>\n

<\/b>A butterfly goes through four stages<\/span><\/a> of growth: egg-larva-pupa-butterfly.<\/li>\n

<\/b>Its {tooltip}first poop{end-text}According to A World for Butterflies, <\/em>butterflies don\u2019t have excrement. However, caterpillars do poop and at least one of them has yellow excrement. Source: Grammarphobia{end-tooltip} when it emerges as a butterfly is brightly coloured, often yellow or orange, and because it looks like butter, the old Dutch is believed to have given it the name \u2018butterfly\u2019.<\/li>\n

<\/b>As per this theory, the English word butterfly was a translation from the Dutch word for Boterschijte <\/i>that translates to “butter sh!t\u201d.<\/li>\n

Theory 2: <\/b>The name emerges from the old German belief that butterflies stole butter.<\/li>\n

<\/b>People in the Middle Ages (between the 5th and 15th centuries) believed that butterflies stole their milk and butter.<\/li>\n

<\/b>And so, they named this breed of flies \u2018botterlicker\u2019 (butter licker), and thus butterfly.<\/li>\n

<\/b>A butterfly \u2014 while growing \u2014 feeds on a lot of stuff, including the shell of the egg from which it emerges, urine, faeces, and dead animals.<\/li>\n

<\/b>In the Middle Ages, butter was made in open yards and it is likely that butter (from uncovered bowls) was one of the many things butterflies consumed to support their growth.<\/li>\n

Theory 3: <\/b>Witches took the shape of butterflies to steal butter.<\/li>\n

<\/b>In old days in the English colonies, people claimed that at night, witches turned into winged creatures and stole butter.<\/li>\n

Theory 4: <\/b>Once, the most common butterflies were sulfur butterflies which had a buttery yellow colour, and so, people named this insect butterfly.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n \r\n
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