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To be honest this is my first time doing edit or chatting on Wikipedia so Im not sure how to use it

BUT!

The "In culture" section YES!

The first image "Butterfly and daisy in Turkey" yes thats the part I wanna point out

Its actually a SPOONWING (Nemopteridae) instead of an Butterfly

So I hope you guys can edit it soon. Thank you <3

(by the way I dont have any photo of butterfly with daisy on hand right now so I cant send you guys any) LeMinhTa (talk) 17:04, 19 December 2023 (UTC)Reply

That's a good catch, it's definitely a Neuropteran. I removed the image, and there are plenty of others, so it probably doesn't need a replacement. KoA (talk) 17:14, 19 December 2023 (UTC)Reply

Omg I didn't though that someone actually saw my comment and reply :O

Thank you (for both saw my suggestion and edit on the mistake)

<3 LeMinhTa (talk) 17:16, 19 December 2023 (UTC)Reply

My guess is Nemoptera sinuata, but on Commons, I put the image into the parent category (c:Category:Nemoptera). --Leyo 01:23, 29 December 2023 (UTC)Reply

Origin of words 105.113.108.99 (talk) 19:36, 28 January 2024 (UTC)Reply

Does the section Butterfly#Etymology help you? SchreiberBike | ⌨  00:48, 29 January 2024 (UTC)Reply

Santali Wikipedia link is https://sat.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%B1%AF%E1%B1%A4%E1%B1%AF%E1%B1%A4%E1%B1%B2%E1%B1%A4%E1%B1%AD%E1%B1%9F.%E1%B1%9D ᱯᱨᱚᱯᱷᱮᱥᱥᱚᱨ (talk) 21:37, 5 October 2024 (UTC)Reply

I've added it to the language links in Wikidata. SchreiberBike | ⌨  01:47, 6 October 2024 (UTC)Reply

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Possible grammatical mistake

Change "a vast a swarm" to "a vast swarm"

Sentence: "When Taira no Masakado was secretly preparing his famous revolt, a vast a swarm of butterflies appeared in Kyoto."

Link: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butterfly#In_mythology_and_folklore 2001:8003:742F:BE00:70B2:863E:A0D7:B49F (talk) 03:38, 24 April 2025 (UTC)Reply

 Done Cannolis (talk) 03:47, 24 April 2025 (UTC)Reply