Butterfly

Butterfly
x = 4, y = 4, rule = B3/S23 o$2o$obo$b3o! #C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 THEME 6 GRID GRIDMAJOR 0 SUPPRESS THUMBLAUNCH ]]
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Pattern type	Miscellaneous
Number of cells	8
Bounding box	4 × 4
Static symmetry	Unspecified
Discovered by	Unknown
Year of discovery	1970
Rules Outer-totalistic rules B3/S23 – B38/S238 # of rules 22 = 4 Isotropic rules B3-ck/S23 – B34ci5ejr6ci7e8/S234c5cek6-ak7e8
Glider synthesis Fewest gliders 3 Uploaded synthesis RLE butterfly_synth.rle
Pattern files Plaintext butterfly.cells RLE butterfly.rle

This article is about the evolutionary sequence. For the oscillator occasionally also referred to as this, see By flops.

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

Gallery

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  Generation 33 of butterfly (Catagolue: here)

In other rules

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

External links

• Butterfly at the Life Lexicon