Butterfly

	Butterfly
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Pattern type	Miscellaneous
Number of cells	8
Bounding box	4 × 4
Static symmetry	Unspecified
Discovered by	Unknown
Year of discovery	Unknown
Glider synthesis
Fewest gliders	3
Uploaded synthesis RLE	butterfly_synth.rle
Pattern files
Plaintext	butterfly.cells
RLE	butterfly.rle

"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.

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Generation 33 of butterfly

External links

Butterfly at the Life Lexicon

Butterfly

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