WHERE DO BUTTERFLIES LIVE?

Butterflies live everywhere on planet earth, even in cold regions.
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They do not only live in the forested grasslands of Africa, prairies, fields, and woodlands but some survive on cold mountaintops and others, in deserts and arid lands. Butterflies live in almost all regions on earth.

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