【明報專訊】With a mild climate and ample rainfall, Hong Kong is a great place for butterflies. If you want to observe them, you should go to the butterfly garden in Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden (嘉道理農場暨植物園), Hong Kong Wetland Park (香港濕地公園) or Fung Yuen Butterfly Reserve (鳳園蝴蝶保育區).

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1. Butterflies see a range of ultraviolet colours, which are _________ to human eyes.

2. Butterfly wings consist of layers of chitin (甲殼素). These layers are so thin that you can see right through them. Butterfly wings are therefore ___________.

3. Butterflies suck ______ of flowers up with their long, flexible and tube-like tongues.

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4. A butterfly's life cycle consists of four parts. It begins as an egg, which becomes a ___________, which subsequently turns into a chrysalis, from which a butterfly comes out.

5. How long a butterfly lives depends on its size, species, living habitat and time of evolution. Their _________ vary between a few days and nine months.

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ample (adj) 充足的

ultraviolet (adj) 紫外的

chrysalis (n) 蛹

evolution (n) 進化