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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 ...
English: A chart showing the phylogenic hypothesis of all major lepidopteran lineages superimposed on the geologic time scale. The dotes denote fossil occurrences, though only the first Trichoptera fossil is recorded, with many fossils in the cenozoic period omitted work is derived from Resh, Vincent H.; Ring T. Carde (July 1, 2009) Encyclopedia of Insects (2 nd ed.), United States of America ...
Phylogenetic chart of Lepidoptera.svg Modifications of the Phylogenetic chart of Lepidoptera.svg file involves simplification, rotation, time scale update, and improvement of font and branches. Author: Created by Bugboy52.40, Jerry A Powell, Conrad Labandeira. Modified by Manudouz.
Within Lepidoptera as a whole, the groups listed below before Glossata contain a few basal families accounting for less than 200 species; the bulk of Lepidoptera are in the Glossata. [1] Similarly, within the Glossata, there are a few basal groups listed first, with the bulk of species in the Heteroneura. Basal groups within Heteroneura cannot ...
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.
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).
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 ...
Butterflies and moths were brought together under the name Lepidoptera. Linnaeus divided the group into three genera – Papilio , Sphinx and Phalaena . The first two, together with the seven subdivisions of the third, are now used as the basis for nine superfamily names: Papilionoidea , Sphingoidea , Bombycoidea , Noctuoidea , Geometroidea ...