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Definition of Order Lepidoptera
1. Noun. Moths and butterflies.
Generic synonyms: Animal Order
Group relationships: Class Hexapoda, Class Insecta, Hexapoda, Insecta
Member holonyms: Lepidopteran, Lepidopteron, Lepidopterous Insect, Family Nymphalidae, Nymphalidae, Family Satyridae, Satyridae, Danaidae, Family Danaidae, Family Pieridae, Pieridae, Family Lycaenidae, Lycaenidae, Family Tortricidae, Tortricidae, Family Lymantriidae, Lymantriidae, Family Geometridae, Geometridae, Family Pyralidae, Family Pyralididae, Pyralidae, Pyralididae, Superfamily Tineoidea, Tineoidea, Family Gelechiidae, Gelechiidae, Family Noctuidae, Noctuidae, Family Sphingidae, Sphingidae, Bombycidae, Family Bombycidae, Family Saturniidae, Saturniidae, Arctiidae, Family Arctiidae, Family Lasiocampidae, Lasiocampidae, Caterpillar
Lexicographical Neighbors of Order Lepidoptera
Literary usage of Order Lepidoptera
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Manual for the Study of Insects by John Henry Comstock, Anna Botsford Comstock (1895)
"Order LEPIDOPTERA (Lep-i-dop'te-ra). The Moths or Millers, the Skippers, and the
Butterflies. The members of this order have four wings; ..."
2. Lake Maxinkuckee: A Physical and Biological Survey by Barton Warren Evermann, Howard Walton Clark (1920)
"order Lepidoptera BUTTERFLIES AND MOTHS Butterflies are abundant about the lake.
The great diversity of soil, moisture, and vegetation, furnishes conditions ..."
3. The Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation by James William Tutt (1890)
"These he calls— I. Sub-order : LEPIDOPTERA-LACINIATA. II. ... are placed in the
Sub-order, LEPIDOPTERA- ..."
4. Outlines of Entomology: Prepared for the Use of Farmers and Horticulturists by Mary Esther Murtfeldt (1891)
"the larva of which feeds on the locust and acacia, is the largest and best known
species. CHAPTER XXII. Order LEPIDOPTERA. ..."
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