The Emergence Machine

Butterfly Insect

physical · Level 7 · E6

E6Organisms

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Emergence definition

A butterfly is a flying insect with large colorful wings that undergoes metamorphosis because it is an insect that undergoes complete transformation from caterpillar to winged adult through change.

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Wiktionary senses

External reference — all senses of the word “Butterfly Insect” on Wiktionary. This atlas concept maps to only the slice of meaning relevant to the prerequisite graph.

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Historical origin

Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL7L6L5L4L3L2L1L0Butterfly InsectInsectAnimalOrganismCellFormLifeStructureChangeMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

Direct prerequisites above, concepts that depend on this one below.

thisprerequisitesButterfly InsectL7ChangeL1InsectL6E1 concrete → E14 abstract

Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Change L1 (requires)
    Butterflies undergo complete transformation from caterpillar to winged adult
  • Insect L6 (requires)
    A butterfly is a flying insect with large colorful wings that undergoes metamorphosis