ocr: Butterfly Butterflies are insects that live in most regions of1 - the world except for the polar regions. The most beautiful butterflies live in tropical rainforests, and the largest have wingspans of over 9 inches Butterflies grow from eggs into larvae which crawl around and eat food. When they are mature each larva forms a chrysalis inside which the adult butterfly forms by a process called metamorphosis. When the butterfly is fully formed it splits out of - the chrysalis and flies away.