Lepidoptera
See also: lepidoptera
Translingual
editEtymology
editFrom Ancient Greek λεπίς (lepís, “scale”) + πτερά (pterá, “wings”).
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editLepidoptera
Hypernyms
edit- (order): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda – subphylum; Insecta – class; Pterygota – subclass; Neoptera – infraclass
Hyponyms
edit- (order): Aglossata (kauri moths), Eolepidopterigina, Glossata (all butterflies and almost all moths), Heterobathmiina, Zeugloptera – suborders
- Acanthopteroctetidae, Adelidae, Agathiphagidae, Aididae, Alucitidae, Andesianidae, Anomosetidae, Anthelidae, Apatelodidae, Archaeolepidae, Argyresthiidae, Attevidae, Autostichidae, Batrachedridae, Bedelliidae, Blastobasidae, Bombycidae, Brachodidae, Brahmaeidae, Bucculatricidae, Callidulidae, Carposinidae, Carthaeidae, Castniidae, Cecidosidae, Chimabachidae, Choreutidae, Cimeliidae, Coelopoetidae, Coleophoridae, Copromorphidae, Cosmopterigidae, Cossidae, Crambidae, Cyclotornidae, Dalceridae, Doidae, Douglasiidae, Drepanidae, Dudgeoneidae, Elachistidae, Endromidae, Epermeniidae, Epicopeiidae, Epimarptidae, Epipyropidae, Erebidae, Eriocottidae, Eriocraniidae, Eupterotidae, Euteliidae, Galacticidae, Gelechiidae, Geometridae, Glyphipterigidae, Gracillariidae, Hedylidae, Heliodinidae, Heliozelidae, Hepialidae, Hesperiidae, Heterobathmiidae, Heterogynidae, Himantopteridae, Hyblaeidae, Immidae, Incurvariidae, Lacturidae, Lasiocampidae, Lecithoceridae, Limacodidae, Lophocoronidae, Lycaenidae, Lyonetiidae, Lypusidae, Megalopygidae, Metarbelidae, Micropterigidae, Millieriidae, Mimallonidae, Mnesarchaeidae, Momphidae, Neopseustidae, Neotheoridae, Nepticulidae, Noctuidae, Nolidae, Notodontidae, Nymphalidae, Oecophoridae, Oenosandridae, Opostegidae, Palaeosetidae, Palaephatidae, Papilionidae, Peleopodidae, Phaudidae, Phiditiidae, Pieridae, Plutellidae, Praydidae, Prodidactidae, Prodoxidae, Prototheoridae, Psychidae, Pterolonchidae, Pterophoridae, Pyralidae, Ratardidae, Riodinidae, Roeslerstammiidae, Saturniidae, Schistonoeidae, Schreckensteiniidae, Scythrididae, Sematuridae, Sesiidae, Simaethistidae, Somabrachyidae, Sphingidae, Stathmopodidae, Syringopaidae, Thyrididae, Tineidae, Tineodidae, Tischeriidae, Tortricidae, Undopterigidae, Uraniidae, Urodidae, Whalleyanidae, Xyloryctidae, Yponomeutidae, Ypsolophidae, Zygaenidae – families
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- Lepidoptera on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Lepidoptera on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Category:Lepidoptera on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. PMID 25923521, →DOI