Butterfly is one of the most beautiful of all insects. People have always been charmed by the delicate, gorgeously colored wings of butterflies. The beauty and grace of these insects have inspired artists and poets. Butterflies have also played a part in religious beliefs. The ancient Greeks believed that the soul left the body after death in the form of a butterfly. Their symbol for the soul was a butterfly-winged girl named Psyche.
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Albania flutura
Bulgaria peperooda
China (mandarin) hu-tieh
Croatia leptir
Czech motýl
Danish sommerfugl
German Schmetterling
English butterfly
Fijian bebe (ausgesprochen mbeh-mbeh)
Philippines (Tagalog) paru-paro
Finnish perhonen
French papillon
Greek petalou`da, psyche
Dutch vlinder
Hawaiia pulelehua
Hebreew parpar
Hindi titli, thithili
Ireland (gaelic) feileacan
Indonesian kupu-kupu
Italian farfalla
Japanese choo, chou chou
Korean nahby, nabi
Lao men kabeua
Luxembourg päiperléck
Malaysia rama-rama
Pakistan (urdu) titli
Polish motyl
Portuguese borboleta
Russian bábochka, babochka
Scottland (gaelic) dearbadan-de
Sri Lanka (sinhala) samanalaya
Spanish mariposa
Thai meng peeseua
Vietnamese buom buom, ho diep
