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A Lepidoptera specimen drawer in a museum collection in Poland Another Lepidoptera specimen drawer in a museum collection in Poland. Lepidopterology (from Ancient Greek λεπίδος (lepídos) 'scale' πτερόν (pterón) 'wing' and -λογία [1]) is a branch of entomology concerning the scientific study of moths and the two superfamilies of butterflies.
Lepidoptera (/ ˌ l ɛ p ɪ ˈ d ɒ p t ər ə / LEP-ih-DOP-tər-ə) or lepidopterans is an order of winged insects which includes butterflies and moths.About 180,000 species of the Lepidoptera have been described, representing 10% of the total described species of living organisms, [1] [2] making it the second largest insect order (behind Coleoptera) with 126 families [3] and 46 superfamilies ...
Robert Michael Pyle (born 19 July 1947) [1] is an American lepidopterist, writer, teacher, ... Butterfly Gardening: Creating Summer Magic in Your Garden ...
The society's main organ is the Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society, which has been published continuously since 1947. [citation needed] Back issues up and including 2009 are freely available and hosted by the Peabody Museum of Natural History at Yale University. [1]
Butterfly eggs vary greatly in size and shape between species, but are usually upright and finely sculptured. Some species lay eggs singly, others in batches. Many females produce between one hundred and two hundred eggs. [41] Butterfly eggs are fixed to a leaf with a special glue which hardens rapidly.
Robert F. Sternitzky (August 25, 1891 - May 1980) [1] was a United States lepidopterist and illustrator.Butterfly and moth specimens he collected are in a number of collections, including those of the Harvard Museum of Natural History, the Essig Museum of Entomology (at the University of California at Berkeley), Manitoba Museum, and the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. [2]
Margaret Elizabeth Fountaine (16 May 1862 – 21 April 1940), [1] was a Victorian lepidopterist (a person interested in butterflies and moths), natural history illustrator, diarist, and traveller who published in The Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation. [2]
A lepidopterist studies lepidopterology, the study of the Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths). Subcategories. This category has only the following subcategory. ...