It is not the original name for a butterfly. They were called butorflēoge, buttorflēoge, or buterflēoge in Old English, which evolved to buterflie, butturflye, or boterflye in Middle English, and finally butterfly in modern English. In German, there is a similar association with dairy products throughout the history of the word's evolution. There is no evidence that the word "flutterby" was ever used as the term for "butterfly" in any early English writings.
There is a common misperception that butterflies used to be called flutterblies. However, this is not true. In old English and German, they were always given names relating to "butter" in some way or another.
As far as i can tell a rabble of butterflys or a swarm of butterflys is the answer ... go figure ???
They are called butterflies in Ireland too.
Before butterflies were called "butterflies," they were referred to as "flutterbyes." This term eventually evolved into "butterfly."
A group of butterflies is called a flutter
It is a phrase used when you are nervous because the fluttery feeling in your stomach is said to feel like butterflies. so if i say a sentence that i`m nervous so instead of that we can say there r butterflies in my stomach.
A person who catches butterflies for a living is called a lepidopterist.
Groups of butterflies are called a few different things, depending on your part of the world, and whether you believe that moths are butterflies. Groups are often called a rabble, a swarm, or, like you asked, a Kaleidoscope.
A scientist who studies butterflies and moths is called a lepidopterist.
As a plural noun, butterflies does not need an apostrophe. Apostrophes are not used to make nouns plural.As a possessive noun, butterflies does needan apostrophe. The plural form is butterflies' (the butterflies' wing). Apostrophes are used to show possession.
A kaleidoscope of butterflies.A group of butterflies is called a swarm, rabble, or kaleidoscope.A group of butterflies is called a flutter. Bees swarm, and a rabble is much too boisterous for butterflies. Butterflies are delicate creatures who gather to communicate socially only by the movement of their wings. This is called a flutter.
Moths and butterflies both fall under the genus of Lepidoptera. The study of butterflies and moths is known as lepidoptery. This is a branch of biology and the people specializing in this study are known as lepidopterists.