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Asaphodes obarata, also known as the blue carpet moth, [4] is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is endemic to New Zealand and has been collected in both the North and South Islands. It seems to inhabit the margins of native forest and also frequents plains, with an affinity for gorse hedges. The host plants of the larvae of this species are ...
The common blue butterfly or European common blue [3] (Polyommatus icarus) is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae and subfamily Polyommatinae. The butterfly is found throughout the Palearctic and has been introduced to North America. Butterflies in the Polyommatinae are collectively called blues, from the coloring of the wings.
Heterosphecia tawonoides, the oriental blue clearwing, is a moth of the family Sesiidae, in the genus Heterosphecia. The sesiids are mimics, in general appearance similar to a bee or wasp . This species was described in 2003 by Axel Kallies, from a specimen collected in 1887.
Brown hairstreak (Thecla betulae) Loxura atymnusLycaenidae is the second-largest family of butterflies (behind Nymphalidae, brush-footed butterflies), with over 6,000 species worldwide, [1] whose members are also called gossamer-winged butterflies.
Basic moth identification features. While the butterflies form a monophyletic group, the moths, comprising the rest of the Lepidoptera, do not. Many attempts have been made to group the superfamilies of the Lepidoptera into natural groups, most of which fail because one of the two groups is not monophyletic: Microlepidoptera and Macrolepidoptera, Heterocera and Rhopalocera, Jugatae and ...
Milionia delicatula, commonly known as the blue day flying moth, is a species of geometer moth in the family Geometridae. [1] It is primarily found in the forests of tropical regions, particularly in parts of Southeast Asia , including Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam, and the Philippines.
This article is a list of lists of some of the 160,000 species of Lepidoptera that are commonly known as moths. By region. Lists of Lepidoptera by region;
Catocala fraxini, the blue underwing or Clifden nonpareil, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae . [ 1 ]