Definition of Order lepidoptera

1. Noun. Moths and butterflies.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Order Lepidoptera

order Hyracoidea
order Ichthyosauria
order Ictodosauria
order Insectivora
order Insessores
order Isoetales
order Isopoda
order Isoptera
order Isospondyli
order Juglandales
order Jungermanniales
order Lagomorpha
order Laminariales
order Lechanorales
order Lepidodendrales
order Lepidoptera
order Lichenales
order Liliales
order Lobata
order Loricata
order Lycoperdales
order Lycopodiales
order Lyginopteridales
order Madreporaria
order Mallophaga
order Malvales
order Marattiales
order Marchantiales
order Marsupialia
order Mecoptera

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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