order Lepidoptera

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order Lepidoptera - moths and butterflies Lepidopteraanimal order - the order of animalsclass Hexapoda, class Insecta, Hexapoda, Insecta - insects; about five-sixths of all known animal specieslepidopteran, lepidopteron, lepidopterous insect - insect that in the adult state has four wings more or less covered with tiny scalesfamily Nymphalidae, Nymphalidae - large beautifully colored butterfliesfamily Satyridae, Satyridae - a widely distributed family of butterflies common near the edges of woodsDanaidae, family Danaidae - small family of usually tropical butterflies: monarch butterfliesfamily Pieridae, Pieridae - arthropod family including cabbage butterflies; sulphur butterfliesfamily Lycaenidae, Lycaenidae - family of small usually brilliantly colored butterflies; males have short forelegsfamily Tortricidae, Tortricidae - leaf rollers and codling mothsfamily Lymantriidae, Lymantriidae - tussock mothsfamily Geometridae, Geometridae - measuring wormsfamily Pyralidae, family Pyralididae, Pyralidae, Pyralididae - bee moths; corn borers; flour mothssuperfamily Tineoidea, Tineoidea - clothes moths; carpet moths; leaf minersfamily Gelechiidae, Gelechiidae - important economic pestsfamily Noctuidae, Noctuidae - cutworms; armywormsfamily Sphingidae, Sphingidae - hawkmothsBombycidae, family Bombycidae - Chinese silkworm mothfamily Saturniidae, Saturniidae - important and widely distributed family of moths including some of the largest insects knownArctiidae, family Arctiidae - tiger mothsfamily Lasiocampidae, Lasiocampidae - tent caterpillars; eggars; lappet mothscaterpillar - a wormlike and often brightly colored and hairy or spiny larva of a butterfly or moth