Mouthparts of butterfly are:

Sponging

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Siphoning

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Biting and chewing

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None of the above

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Solution

The correct option is B Siphoning
The butterflies are the typical example of the siphoning mouthparts, which deals with only sucking. They lack mandibles with the remaining mouthparts forming an elongated sucking tube, the proboscis.
Therefore, the correct answer is option B.

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