butterfly oor Xhosa

butterfly

/ˈbʌtəflʌɪ/, /ˈbʌtəflaɪ/ werkwoord, naamwoord

A flying insect of the order Lepidoptera , distinguished from moths by their diurnal activity and generally brighter colouring. [from 11th c.]

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ibhabhathane

naamwoord c5;c6

insect

Later, when the butterfly emerges from its chrysalis, it leaves the ants’ nest safe and unharmed.
Kamva, xa ibhabhathane ligqiba ukuba nguphunguphungu, liyaphuma kwindlwana yeembovane likhuselekile.

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Did the butterfly’s wing come about by evolution?
Ngaba iphiko lebhabhathane lazivelela?

The monarch butterfly migrates up to 1,800 miles from Canada to a small patch of forest in Mexico
I-“monarch” ihamba umgama omalunga nama-3 000 eekhilomitha, isuka eKhanada iye kwihlathana laseMexico

Our ability to see a sunset, a butterfly, or the smile of a young child reflects God’s love for us.
Ukukwazi kwethu ukubona ukutshona kwelanga, ibhabhathane okanye uncumo lomntwana kubonisa indlela uThixo asithanda ngayo.

Middleman and butterfly knot.
Umrhwebi neqhina lebhabhathane.

Later, when the butterfly emerges from its chrysalis, it leaves the ants’ nest safe and unharmed.
Kamva, xa ibhabhathane ligqiba ukuba nguphunguphungu, liyaphuma kwindlwana yeembovane likhuselekile.

Butterfly
Ibhabhathane

THE little child who stares at the fluttering butterfly, the elderly couple who gaze at a glorious sunset, the housewife who admires her display of roses —all are momentarily focusing their attention on beauty.
UMNTWANA omncinane owondele ibhabhathane lindanda, isibini esikhulileyo esibukele ukutshona kwelanga okuthi ndijonge, inkosikazi ewuxabisileyo umhombiso wayo weentyatyambo—bebonke okwexeshana basanikele ingqalelo yabo kubuhle.

Looking back, I think my life has changed in the way that an ugly caterpillar becomes a beautiful butterfly.
Xa ndikhangela emva, ndicinga ukuba buye batshintsha ubomi bam busuka ekubeni njengesibungu esibi baza bafana nebhabhathane elihle.

Smaller flowers receive constant visits from blue butterflies and copper butterflies (4) of the Lycaenidae family.
Amabhabhathane aluhlaza namabhabhathane alubhedu ekuthiwa (4) ziiLycaenidae ahlala qho kwiintyatyambo ezincinane.

Butterflies.
Amabhabhathane.

Consider: To keep themselves warm during cold weather, butterflies spread their wings in the sun.
Khawucinge ngoku: Ukuze azigcine efudumele kwimozulu ebandayo, amabhabhathane awathi naa amaphiko awo elangeni.

Spiritists explain that at death the soul, or “incarnated spirit,” leaves the body —like a butterfly emerging from its cocoon.
Abantu abakholelwa ekuveleni ngokutsha bathi xa umntu esifa, umphefumlo wakhe, okanye “umoya ovele ngokutsha,” uyawushiya umzimba—ngokungathi libhabhathane liphuma eqokobheni.

Among other things, I used it to examine fascinating insects, such as butterflies.
Ndandimane ndijonga ngayo izinambuzane ezinomtsalane, njengamabhabhathane.

You can learn so much about this fascinating creation and its life cycle—its metamorphosis from a tiny egg to a caterpillar to a chrysalis to a full-fledged butterfly.
Unokufunda okuninzi ngale ndalo ichulumancisayo nangobomi bayo—indlela eguquka ngayo ukusuka kwiqanda elincinane ukusa kumbungu ibe nguphunguphungu ize ibe libhabhathane elikhule laphelela.

Noel Kempff Mercado National Park boasts over 600 species of birds, 139 different mammals (more than in all of North America), 74 varieties of reptiles, and perhaps some 3,000 kinds of butterflies —not to mention countless other insects.
INoel Kempff Mercado National Park, ineendidi zeentaka ezingaphezu kwama-600, izilwanyana ezincancisayo ezahlukahlukeneyo ezili-139 (zingaphezu kwezo zikuwo wonke uMntla Merika), izirhubuluzi ezahlukahlukeneyo ezingama-74, namabhabhathane azindidi ezimalunga nama-3 000—singasathethi ke ngentaphane yezinambuzane.

However, in the case of Bt corn, which was designed to control stem borers without pesticide, tests found that it can also kill monarch butterflies.
Noko ke, xa kwasetyenziswa iBt emboneni, ukuze kuthintelwe izinto ezitya isikhondo ngaphandle kokusebenzisa izibulala-zinambuzane, uhlolisiso lwabonisa ukuba inokubulala amabhabhathane iimonarch.

Over a quarter of Europe’s 400 butterfly species are in danger—19 being threatened by imminent extinction.
Ngaphezu kwekota yeendidi ezingama-400 zamabhabhathane aseYurophu zisengozini—ezili-19 zisecicini lokuphela kungekudala.

Scales on the butterfly’s wing have honeycomblike holes
Amaqoqo ephiko lebhabhathane anemingxuma ekrozileyo

It indicates a complete change, like the metamorphosis of a caterpillar into a butterfly.
Libonisa ukwenza inguqulelo epheleleyo, njengenguquko-milo yombungu uguqukela ekubeni libhabhathane.

This butterfly relies on the sun to help it navigate, and it has the ability to compensate for the movement of the sun across the sky.
Eli bhabhathane lixhomekeke elangeni yaye linobuchule bokulandela ukuhamba kwelanga ngoxa lilapho esibhakabhakeni.

“This tiny creature weighing less than a gram [0.04 oz] with a brain the size of a pin head and no opportunity to learn from older, experienced individuals, undertakes an epic intercontinental migration,” states Richard Fox, surveys manager at Butterfly Conservation.
URichard Fox, ophethe icandelo lophando kwiButterfly Conservation uthi: “Esi sidalwa sihamba amazwe ngamazwe nangona sinobunzima obungaphantsi kwegram enye nesi nobuchopho obulingana nentloko kanotaka, ibe asikwazi ukufunda nakwamanye amabhabhathane anamava.”

While still in the caterpillar stage, some species of butterflies are also tended by ants.
Ngoxa ziseyimibungu, iindidi ezithile zamabhabhathane zaluswa ziimbovane.

One of the largest and most modern car carriers is the “Madame Butterfly", which entered service in 1981.
Esinye esikhulu isiphathi seemoto sangoku sibizwa ngokuba yiMadame Butterfly eyangena ngo 1981 kwi-13 ebekwa phezulu komgangatho.

IF YOU take a close look at the butterfly in this photo, you will see that one of its four wings is completely useless.
UKUBA uliqwalasela kakuhle ibhabhathane elikulo mfanekiso, uya kuphawula ukuba elinye lamaphiko alo amane alisebenzi kwaphela.

Did the light-absorbing architecture of the butterfly wing come about by evolution?
Ngaba iphiko lebhabhathane elifunxa imitha yelanga lazivelela?