Lepidoptera

From Ancient Greek λεπίδος (lepídos, “scale”) + πτερά (pterá, “wings”).

Lepidoptera

1. A taxonomic order within the class Insecta – butterflies, moths and skippers.

• (order): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Protostomia - infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa - superphylum; Arthropoda - phylum; Hexapoda - subphylum; Insecta - class; Pterygota - subclass; Neoptera - infraclass

• (order): Aglossata, Eolepidopterigina, Glossata, Heterobathmiina, Zeugloptera - suborders
  • Acanthopteroctetidae, Adelidae, Agathiphagidae, Aididae, Alucitidae, Andesianidae, Anomosetidae, Anthelidae, Apatelodidae, Archaeolepidae, Argyresthiidae, Attevidae, Autostichidae, Batrachedridae, Bedelliidae, Blastobasidae, Bombycidae, Brachodidae, Brahmaeidae, Bucculatricidae, Callidulidae, Carposinidae, Carthaeidae, Castniidae, Cecidosidae, Chimabachidae, Choreutidae, Cimeliidae, Coelopoetidae, Coleophoridae, Copromorphidae, Cosmopterigidae, Cossidae, Crambidae, Cyclotornidae, Dalceridae, Doidae, Douglasiidae, Drepanidae, Dudgeoneidae, Elachistidae, Endromidae, Epermeniidae, Epicopeiidae, Epimarptidae, Epipyropidae, Erebidae, Eriocottidae, Eriocraniidae, Eupterotidae, Euteliidae, Galacticidae, Gelechiidae, Geometridae, Glyphipterigidae, Gracillariidae, Hedylidae, Heliodinidae, Heliozelidae, Hepialidae, Hesperiidae, Heterobathmiidae, Heterogynidae, Himantopteridae, Hyblaeidae, Immidae, Incurvariidae, Lacturidae, Lasiocampidae, Lecithoceridae, Limacodidae, Lophocoronidae, Lycaenidae, Lyonetiidae, Lypusidae, Megalopygidae, Metarbelidae, Micropterigidae, Millieriidae, Mimallonidae, Mnesarchaeidae, Momphidae, Neopseustidae, Neotheoridae, Nepticulidae, Noctuidae, Nolidae, Notodontidae, Nymphalidae, Oecophoridae, Oenosandridae, Opostegidae, Palaeosetidae, Palaephatidae, Papilionidae, Peleopodidae, Phaudidae, Phiditiidae, Pieridae, Plutellidae, Praydidae, Prodidactidae, Prodoxidae, Prototheoridae, Psychidae, Pterolonchidae, Pterophoridae, Pyralidae, Ratardidae, Riodinidae, Roeslerstammiidae, Saturniidae, Schistonoeidae, Schreckensteiniidae, Scythrididae, Sematuridae, Sesiidae, Simaethistidae, Somabrachyidae, Sphingidae, Stathmopodidae, Syringopaidae, Thyrididae, Tineidae, Tineodidae, Tischeriidae, Tortricidae, Undopterigidae, Uraniidae, Urodidae, Whalleyanidae, Xyloryctidae, Yponomeutidae, Ypsolophidae, Zygaenidae - families

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• Lepidoptera on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Lepidoptera on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
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