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|bx          = 4
|bx          = 4
|by          = 4
|by          = 4
|rulemin      = B3/S23
|rulemax      = B38/S238
|rulespecial  = [[Conway's Game of Life|Conway Life]]
|isorulemin  = B3-ck/S23
|isorulemax  = B34ci5ejr6ci7e8/S234c5cek6-ak7e8
|synthesis    = 3
|synthesis    = 3
|synthesisRLE = true
|synthesisRLE = true

Revision as of 19:09, 26 November 2020

Butterfly
x = 4, y = 4, rule = B3/S23 o$2o$obo$b3o! #C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 THEME 6 GRID GRIDMAJOR 0 SUPPRESS THUMBLAUNCH ]]
Pattern type Miscellaneous
Number of cells 8
Bounding box 4 × 4
Static symmetry Unspecified
Discovered by Unknown
Year of discovery Unknown
"Butterfly" may also refer to the period-2 oscillator more commonly called by flops.

Butterfly is a common seed evolving into the formation of two beehives seen below after 33 generations. Compare this with teardrop, where the beehives are five cells closer together.

In other rules

In HighLife, the butterfly is part of the replicator sequence.