Lepidoptera

Iphiclides podalirius

Taxonavigation

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordines (5): Aglossata – †Eolepidopterigina – Glossata – Heterobathmiina – Zeugloptera

Name

Lepidoptera Linnaeus, 1758

References

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• Dugdale, J.S. 1974: Female genital configuration in the classification of Lepidoptera. New Zealand journal of zoology 1(2): 127–146. DOI: 10.1080/03014223.1974.9517821 Reference page. 
• Ferris, C.D. et al. 2012: A checklist of the moths of Alaska. Zootaxa 3571: 1–25. Նախադիտում PDF Reference page. 
• Kristensen, N.P., Scoble, M.J. & Karsholt, O. 2007. Lepidoptera phylogeny and systematics: the state of inventorying moth and butterfly diversity. Pp. 699–747 In: Zhang, Z.-Q. & Shear, W.A. (eds) Linnaeus tercentenary: progress in invertebrate taxonomy. Zootaxa 1668: 1–766. PDF
• Landry, J.-F. et al. 2013: Shared but overlooked: 30 species of Holarctic Microlepidoptera revealed by DNA barcodes and morphology. Zootaxa 3749(1): 1–93. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3749.1.1 Reference page. 
• Pohl, G.R., Anweiler, G.G., Schmidt, B.C. & Kondla, N.G. 2010. An annotated list of the Lepidoptera of Alberta, Canada. ZooKeys 38: 1–549. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.38.383
• Sattler, K.S.O. 1991: A review of wing reduction in Lepidoptera. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), entomology 60(2): 243-288. BHL Reference page. 
• Scoble, M.J. 1992. The Lepidoptera: form, function and diversity. Oxford University Press, Oxford.
• Sohn, J.-C. et al. 2012: An annotated catalog of fossil and subfossil Lepidoptera (Insecta: Holometabola) of the world. Zootaxa 3286(1): 1–132. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3286.1.1 . hdl: 10088/18587 . ISBN 978-1-86977-887-3 (paperback). ISBN 978-1-86977-888-0 (online edition). Reference page. 
• Sohn, J.-C.; Lamas, G. 2013: Corrections, additions, and nomenclatural notes to the recently published world catalog of fossil and subfossil Lepidoptera. Zootaxa 3599(4): 395–399. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3599.4.8 Reference page. 
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Additional references

• Kopp, A. & Brägger, H. 2017. Sieben Erstfunde und eine Bestätigung alter Nachweise für die Schmetterlingsfauna der Schweiz (Lepidoptera: Elachistidae, Gelechiidae, Tortricidae, Pyralidae). Alpine Entomology 1: 109–113. [In German] DOI: 10.3897/alpineentomology.1.22024. Reference page. 
• Maes, D., Vanreusel, W., Herremans, M., Vantieghem, P., Brosens, D., Gielen, K., Beck, O., Van Dyck, H., Desmet, P. & Vlinderwerkgroep Natuurpunt, 2016. A database on the distribution of butterflies (Lepidoptera) in northern Belgium (Flanders and the Brussels Capital Region). ZooKeys 585: 143–156. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.585.8019. Reference page. 
• Pohl, G.R., Landry, J-F., Schmidt, B.C. & deWaard, J.R. 2019. Lepidoptera of Canada. Pp 463–505 In Langor, D.W. & Sheffield, C.S. (eds.). The Biota of Canada – A Biodiversity Assessment. Part 1: The Terrestrial Arthropods. ZooKeys 819: 520 pp. Reference page. . DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.819.27259 Reference page. 
• Queiroz-Santos, L., Dias, F.M.S., Dell'Erba, R., Casagrande, M.M. & Mielke, O.H.H. 2016. Assessment of the current state of biodiversity data for butterflies and skippers in the state of Mato Grosso, Brazil (Lepidoptera, Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea). ZooKeys 595: 147-161. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.595.7856. Reference page. 
• Sambhu, H. & Nankishore, A. 2018. Butterflies (Lepidoptera) of Guyana: A compilation of records. Zootaxa 4371(1): 1–187. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4371.1.1 Reference page. 
• Seltmann, K.C., Cobb, N.S., Gall, L.F., Bartlett, C.R., Basham, M.A., Betancourt, I., Bills, C. Brandt, B., Brown, R.L., Bundy, C., Caterino, M.S., Chapman, C., Cognato, A.I., Colby, J., Cook, S.P., Daly, K.M., Dyer, L.A., Franz, N.M., Gelhaus, J.K., Grinter, C.C., Harp, C.E., Hawkins, R.L., Heydon, S.L., Hill, G.M., Huber, S., Johnson, N.F., Kawahara, A.Y., Kimsey, L.S., Kondratieff, B.C., Krell, F.T., Leblanc, L., Lee, S., Marshall, C.L., Mccabe, L.M., McHugh, J.V., Menard, K.L., Opler, P.A., Palffy-Muhoray, N., Pardikes, N., Peterson, M.A., Pierce, N.E., Poremski, A., Sikes, D.S., Weintraub, J.D., Wikle, D., Zaspel, J.M. & Zolnerowich, G. 2017. LepNet: The Lepidoptera of North America Network. Zootaxa 4247(1): 73–77. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4247.1.10 Full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Tujuba, T.F., Sciarretta, A., Hausmann, A. & Abate, G.A. 2019. Lepidopteran biodiversity of Ethiopia: current knowledge and future perspectives. ZooKeys, 882: 87–125. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.882.36634 Reference page. 
• Wahlberg, N., Peña, C., Ahola, M., Wheat, C.W. & Rota, J. 2016. PCR primers for 30 novel gene regions in the nuclear genomes of Lepidoptera. ZooKeys 596: 129-141. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.596.8399. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

Akan: Afafanto
Alemannisch: Falter
беларуская: Матылі
български: Пеперуди
বাংলা: লেপিডপ্টেরা
Tsetsêhestâhese: Hevavâhkema
čeština: Motýli
dansk: Natsværmere og Sommerfugle
Deutsch: Schmetterlinge
eʋegbe: Akpakpaluʋi
Ελληνικά: Λεπιδόπτερα
English: Butterflies and Moths
español: Lepidóptero: Mariposas, Polillas
suomi: Perhoset
Nordfriisk: Flenerken
français: Lépidoptères
galego: Lepidópteros, Bolboretas
עברית: פרפרים
hrvatski: Leptiri
magyar: Lepkék
italiano: Lepidotteri
日本語: チョウ目 (鱗翅目)
한국어: 나비목
lietuvių: Drugiai
Diné bizaad: Kʼaalógii
polski: Motyle
português: Lepidópteros
русский: Чешуекрылые
slovenčina: Motýle
தமிழ்: செதிலிறகி (chediliragi)
ไทย: ผีเสื้อ
Türkçe: Pul kanatlılar
українська: Лускокрилі (метелики)
Tiếng Việt: Bộ Cánh vẩy
中文: 鱗翅目

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