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This is a list of butterflies and moths—species of the order Lepidoptera—found in the U.S. state of Indiana. Butterflies
Caterpillars are typically voracious feeders and many of them are among the most serious of agricultural pests. In fact, many moth species are best known in their caterpillar stages because of the damage they cause to fruits and other agricultural produce, whereas the moths are obscure and do no direct harm. Conversely, various species of ...
Monarch caterpillars deter predators by incorporating these chemical compounds into their bodies, where the toxins remain throughout the insect's lifetime. [51] Although monarch caterpillars will feed on butterfly weed (A. tuberosa) in butterfly gardens, it is typically not a heavily used host plant for the species. [52]
The eastern giant swallowtail (Papilio cresphontes) is the largest butterfly in North America. [2] It is abundant through many parts of eastern North America; populations from western North America and down into Panama are now (as of 2014) considered to belong to a different species, Papilio rumiko. [3]
(state butterfly) Speyeria diana: 2007 [6] California: California dogface butterfly (state butterfly) Zerene eurydice: 1972 [7] Colorado: Colorado hairstreak: Hypaurotis crysalus: 1996 [8] Connecticut: European mantis: Mantis religiosa: 1977 [9] Delaware: 7-spotted ladybug (state bug) Coccinella septempunctata: 1974 [10] Eastern tiger ...
The butterflies form the clade Rhopalocera, which is composed of three superfamilies: Hedyloidea (the moth butterfly family Hedylidae), the Hesperioidea (the skipper family Hesperiidae), and the Papilionoidea (the true butterfly families Papilionidae, Pieridae, Nymphalidae, Lycaenidae, and Riodinidae). All of these families are monophyletic.
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In butterflies, the exposed pupa is often referred to as a chrysalis, derived from the Greek term "chrysalis": χρυσός (chrysós) for gold, referring to the golden colour of some pupae. [68] The caterpillars of many butterflies attach themselves by a button of silk to the underside of a branch, stone, or other projecting surface.