Question

About 11,000 species of Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths) have been identified in the United States. Only 679 of them are butterflies. What is the percentage of the Lepidoptera species in the United States are butterflies?

*Science+Math*

Answer 1

total no. of butterflies=11000

no.of butterflies=679

percentage of butterflies=?

Percentage of butterflies= (11000/679) percent..

= 16.20 percentage

therefore 16.20 percentage butterflies are in US