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Lepidoptera
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Order of insects including moths and butterflies
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Lepidoptera ( LEP-ih-DOP-tər-ə) or lepidopterans is an order of winged insects that includes butterflies and moths. About 180,000 species of the Lepidoptera have been described, representing 10% of the total described species of living organisms, making it the second largest insect order (behind Coleoptera) with 126 families and 46...

Instance of
Taxon
Parent taxon
Holometabola
Different from
Butterfly
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