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  2. Category:Images of butterflies and moths - Wikipedia

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    Media in category "Images of butterflies and moths" This category contains only the following file. Plate II Kallima butterfly from Animal Coloration by Frank Evers Beddard 1892.jpg 1,695 × 2,722; 1.77 MB

  3. Comparison of butterflies and moths - Wikipedia

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    While the butterflies form a monophyletic group, the moths, which comprise 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 Frenatae, Monotrysia and Ditrysia.

  4. Butterfly - Wikipedia

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    Butterflies evolved from moths, so while the butterflies are monophyletic (forming a single clade), the moths are not. The oldest known butterfly is Protocoeliades kristenseni from the Palaeocene aged Fur Formation of Denmark, approximately 55 million years old, which belongs to the family Hesperiidae (skippers). [9]

  5. Moth - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  6. Lepidoptera - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  7. List of butterflies of Ireland - Wikipedia

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    Irish Butterflies; Butterflies and Moths of Northern Ireland; Butterfly Ireland; NHM Images of Ireland forms and subspecies on this site. Type Ireland into the search box. Wexford Naturalists' Field Club [permanent dead link ‍] Essex Skipper

  8. List of Lepidoptera of Michigan - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of butterflies and moths—species of the order Lepidoptera—that have been observed in the U.S. state of Michigan. Butterflies. Papilionidae

  9. List of Lepidoptera of Indiana - Wikipedia

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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. Papilionidae Zebra ...

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