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Detailed explanation-1: -Butterflies don’t have tongues, they have a proboscis which many people think of as a tongue but it’s more like having your mouth extended into a long tube. They do have some taste buds on their proboscis and some on their antennae as well, but most of the taste buds are focused on their feet.

Detailed explanation-2: -By far the most important sense for butterflies is smell-the sensors on their antennae are highly attuned to odors. Butterflies can also taste. They have “taste buds” at the end of the tongue, and females taste plants to identify them by using sensory structures on their feet.

Detailed explanation-3: -This is because butterflies have taste sensors on their feet. This special adaptation helps them land on a leaf and know if their caterpillars would eat it or not.