Question

All butterflies are insects. A Morpho is a butterfly. Therefore, a Morpho is an insect. Deductive reasoning has three parts:

Answer 1

Yes, a Morpho is an insect.

Explanation:

As per the question,

We have been provided the information that

I. All butterflies are insects.

II. A Morpho is a butterfly.

By drawing the Venn-diagram of given conditions, drawn as below.

Now,

We can conclude that a Morpho comes in the circle of butterfly and the circle of butterflies comes under the circle of Insects.

All butterflies = Insects

A morpho = A butterfly

∴ A morpho = An insect

Therefore if a morpho is a butterfly than it is definitely an insect because all butterflies are insects.

Hence, the given statement is true.