How to care for a captive butterfly?

My son brought home a caterpillar from school when his class was learning about insects. It spun its crysallis and has now become a painted lady butterfly. The little plastic cup it was in was too small, so I put it in a tall clear glass vase and rubber-banded a piece of fabric over the top so it can’t escape, but still has air. My son says he wants to keep it, rather than release it. How do I care for this little guy? What does it eat? Should I put foliage in the jar? Should it be live, or can I pick leaves, etc. from outside? If anyone has any experience with this, please help me out! Thanks!

I think that you should explain to your son that just as much as he wouldn’t like to live closed in glass jar niether does the butterfly…………I doubt if it will survive very long in captivity, surely your son will understand….

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