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order

butterflies and moths
Lepidoptera Linnaeus, 1758

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Arthropoda - arthropods »  class Insecta - insects »  cohors Endopterygota

Temporal range:Jurassic > Lower Jurassic – recent
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Carterocephalus palaemon - Chequered Skipper

Carterocephalus palaemon - Chequered Skipper, female

Author: Zdeněk Pazdera

Acherontia atropos - Death's-head Hawk-moth

Acherontia atropos - Death's-head Hawk-moth

Author: Silvestr Szabó

Anthocharis cardamines - Orange Tip

Anthocharis cardamines - Orange Tip, male

Author: Pavel Schlemmer

Functions restricted to taxon Lepidoptera

Important groups

Saturniidae - emperor moths, Sphingidae - hawk moths, Cossidae - carpenter moths, Drepanidae - sicklefishes, Oecophoridae - concealer moths, Geometridae - geometer moths, Uraniidae, Hesperiidae - skippers, Lasiocampidae - Eggars, Noctuidae - owlet moths, Notodontidae - prominent moths, Erebidae - Underwing moths, Lycaenidae - gossamer-winged butterflies, Nymphalidae - brushfoots, Papilionidae - swallowtails and apollos, Pieridae - tip butterflies, Riodinidae - metalmarks, Pterophoridae - plume moths, Crambidae - grass moths, Pyralidae - snout moths, Sesiidae - clearwings, Psychidae - bagworm moths, Tortricidae - Leafroller Moths, Zygaenidae

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Included taxa

Number of records: 13

suborder Zeugloptera Chapman, 1917
suborder Aglossata Dumbleton, 1952
suborder Heterobathmiina Kristensen & Nielsen, 1979
suborder Glossata Fabricius, 1775
suborder Amphiesmenoptera Kiriakoff, 1948

Fossil taxa

family Archaeolepidae Whalley, 1985 †
family Eolepidopterigidae Rasnitsyn, 1983 †
family Mesokristenseniidae Huang, Nel & Minet, 2010 †
genus Bombycites Heer, 1849 † inc.sed.
genus Karataunia Kozlov, 1989 † inc.sed.
genus Phylledestes Cockerell, 1907 † inc.sed.
genus Protolepis Kozlov, 1989 † inc.sed.
genus Thermojana Yang & Chen, 1995 † inc.sed.

Links and literature

EN All Leps: Barcode of Life [http://www.lepbarcoding.org/]
EN LepIndex - The Global Lepidoptera Names Index [http://www.nhm.ac.uk/research-curation/p...], The Natural History Museum, London
EN Tree of Life [Lepidoptera]

Tree of Life [http://tolweb.org/tree]
EN The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera [12144]

Rees, T. (compiler): The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera [http://www.irmng.org] [as Lepidoptera]
Data retrieved on: 7 February 2020
EN Lepidoptera and some other life forms [insecta/lepidoptera/]

Savela M.: Lepidoptera and some other life forms [http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life...]
EN Wikipedia Articles [Lepidoptera]

Wikipedia Articles [https://en.wikipedia.org]
EN Mazzei P., Reggianti D., Pimpinelli I.: Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa [http://www.leps.it]
CZ Hudec K., Kolibáč J., Laštůvka Z., Peňáz M. a kol. (2007): Příroda České republiky: průvodce faunou, Academia [as Lepidoptera]
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Data source info

Bělín V. (1999): Motýli České a Slovenské republiky aktivní ve dne, Kabourek, Zlín
české názvy motýlů

Bělín V. (2003): Noční motýli České a Slovenské republiky, Kabourek, Zlín
české názvy motýlů

Novák I. (1992): Česká jména motýlů, Čs. společnost entomologická, Praha, ročník 28/1992, číslo 1
české názvy motýlů

Novák I., Pokorný V. (2003): Atlasů motýlů, Paseka
české názvy motýlů

de Jong, Y.S.D.M. (ed.): Fauna Europaea
[Data retrieved on: 25 October 2008]

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Explanations

† extinct taxon

inc.sed. incertae sedis - uncertain placement within this taxon



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