I love butterflies, the insects of the order Lepidoptera with the beautiful wings.
I like butterflies too but I do not know much about them.  Where did they originate?
They are found across the world and date to the Paleocene about 56 million years ago.
56 million years!  Wow, that is a long time.  Do they live very long?
Butterflies have a four-stage life cycle which only lasts a few months from larva to death.
Isn't the first stage a caterpillar?  Or am I thinking of something else?
Correct, the larvae are known as caterpillars. They grow up to become butterflies.