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Scales also cover the head, parts of the thorax and abdomen as well as parts of the genitalia. The morphology of scales has been studied by J. C. Downey and A. C. Allyn (1975) [38] and scales have been classified into three groups, namely hair-like, or piliform, blade-like, or lamellar and other variable forms. [8]
The body or 'blade' of a typical scale consists of an upper and lower lamina. The surface of the lower lamina is smooth whereas the structure of the upper lamina is structured and intricate. Scales are attached to the substrate by a stalk or 'pedicel'. [1] The scales cling somewhat loosely to the wing and come off easily without harming the insect.
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. Someone who studies in this field is a lepidopterist or, archaically, an aurelian.
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 ...
The Butterfly Alphabet is a photographic artwork by the Norwegian naturalist Kjell Bloch Sandved. [ 1 ] Sandved worked at the Smithsonian 's National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C. , and came up with the idea with Barbara Bedette , a paleontologist, of finding all 26 letters of the Latin alphabet and the Arabic numerals 0 to 9 in ...
The scales are highly curved, which creates inter-scale reflection. This mechanism is unusual among Lepidoptera. The proximal part of each scale is almost flat; the scale then gradually curves up and then steeply bends down at the distal end, covering the proximal part of the next row of scales.
The following are the regional Lepidoptera lists by continent.Lepidoptera is the insect order consisting of both the butterflies and moths.. Lepidoptera are among the most successful groups of insects.
Scale bar 1 cm. [3] Phoebis sennae , the cloudless sulphur , is a mid-sized butterfly in the family Pieridae found in the Americas . There are several similar species such as the clouded sulphur ( Colias philodice ), the yellow angled-sulphur ( Anteos maerula ), which has angled wings, the statira sulphur ( Aphrissa statira ), and other ...