Lepidoptera
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Lepidoptera or lepidopterans are an order of winged insects which include butterflies and moths. About 180,000 species of the Lepidoptera have been described, representing 8.6% of the total described
Peacock butterfly 2
Deilephila elpenor 04
Face of a caterpillar with the mouthparts showing
Caterpillar prolegs on Papilio machaon
Butterfly
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Butterflies are winged insects from the lepidopteran superfamily Papilionoidea, characterised by large, often brightly coloured wings that often fold together when at rest, and a conspicuous, flutteri
Lepidoptera
…Lepidoptera ( LEP-ih-DOP-tər-ə) or lepidopterans are an order of winged insects which include butterflies and moths. About 180,000 species of the Lepidoptera have been described, representing 8.6% of the total described species of living organisms, making…
Fesoj Papilio machaon
Possibly the original butter-fly. A male brimstone (Gonepteryx rhamni) in flight.
A zoomed in view of the wing scales on a Aglais io, or peacock butterfly.
Most butterflies fly by day, most moths by night: but Arctia caja is day-flying.