Butterflies use their antennae to sense the air for wind and scents.

The antenna
e come in various shapes and colours; the hesperids have a pointed angle or hook
to the antennae, while most other families show knobbed antennae. The antennae
are richly covered with sensory organs known as sensillae. A butterfly's sense o
f taste, 200 times stronger than humans,[30] is coordinated by chemoreceptors on
the tarsi, or feet, which work only on contact, and are used to determine wheth
er an egg-laying insect's offspring will be able to feed on a leaf before eggs a
re laid on it.[31] Many butterflies use chemical signals, pheromones, and specia
lized scent scales (androconia) and other structures (coremata or "hair pencils"
in the Danaidae) are developed in some species.
Vision is well developed in butterflies and most species are sensitive to the ul
traviolet spectrum. Many species show sexual dimorphism in the patterns of UV re
flective patches.[32] Color vision may be widespread but has been demonstrated i
n only a few species.[33][34]
Some butterflies have organs of hearing and some species are also known to make
stridulatory and clicking sounds