Butterfly

	Butterfly
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Pattern type	Miscellaneous
Number of cells	8
Static symmetry	Unspecified
Discovered by	Unknown
Year of discovery	Unknown
Pattern files
Plaintext	butterfly.cells
RLE	butterfly.rle

"Butterfly" may also refer to the period 2 oscillator more commonly called by flops.

Butterfly evolves 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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