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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.
The insect order Lepidoptera consists of moths and butterflies (43 superfamilies). [1] Most moths are night-flying, while the butterflies (superfamily Papilionoidea ) are the mainly day-flying. 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 (/ 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 ...
S. List of Lepidoptera of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha; List of butterflies of Samoa; List of butterflies of São Tomé and Príncipe
180,000 species of Lepidoptera are described, equivalent to 10% of the total described species of living organisms. [1] This is a list of the diversity of the Lepidoptera showing the estimated number of genera and species described for each superfamily and, where available, family. See Lepidoptera for a note of the schedule of families used.
List of Lepidoptera of Honduras; P. List of Lepidoptera of Puerto Rico This page was last edited on 4 October 2021, at 23:10 (UTC). Text ...
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;
Lists of Lepidoptera of Metropolitan France (1 C, 1 P) Pages in category "Lists of Lepidoptera by location" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total.