Lepidoptera

Lepidoptera
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Lepidoptera
Families
Acanthopteroctetidae[?] Acrolophidae[?] Adelidae[?] Agonoxenidae[?] Agaristidae[?] Alucitidae[?] Apatelodidae[?] Arctiidae[?] Bedelliidae[?] Blastobasidae[?] Bombycidae[?] Bucculatrigidae[?] Carposinidae[?] Choreutidae[?] Coleophoridae[?] Copromorphidae[?] Cosmopterigidae[?] Cossidae[?] Ctenuchidae[?] Cycnodiidae[?] Dalceridae[?] Danaidae Dioptidae[?] Doidae[?] Douglasiidae[?] Drepanidae[?] Elachistidae[?] Epermeniidae[?] Epiplemidae[?] Epipyropidae[?] Eriocraniidae[?] Ethmiidae[?] Galacticidae[?] Gelechiidae[?] Geometridae[?] Glyphipterigidae[?] Gracillariidae[?] Heliconiidae[?] Heliodinidae[?] Heliozelidae[?] Hepialidae[?] Hesperiidae[?] Hyblaeidae[?] Incurvariidae[?] Lacturidae[?] Lasiocampidae[?] Lecithoceridae[?] Libytheidae[?] Limacodidae[?] Liparidae[?] Lycaenidae[?] Lymantriidae[?] Lyonetiidae[?] Manidiidae[?] Megalopygidae[?] Megathymidae[?] Micropterigidae[?] Mimallonidae[?] Momphidae[?] Nepticulidae[?] Noctuidae[?] Nolidae[?] Notodontidae[?] Nymphalidae[?] Oecophoridae[?] Oinophilidae[?] Olethreutidae[?] Opostegidae[?] Papilionidae[?] Parnassiidae[?] Pericopidae[?] Phaloniidae[?] Pieridae[?] Plutellidae[?] Prodoxidae[?] Psychidae Pterophoridae[?] Pyralidae[?] Pyromorphidae[?] Riodinidae[?] Saturniidae[?] Satyridae[?] Schreckensteiniidae[?] Scythrididae[?] Sematuridae[?] Sesiidae[?] Sphingidae[?] Stenomidae[?] Symmocidae[?] Thyatiridae[?] Thyrididae[?] Tineidae[?] Tischeriidae[?] Tortricidae[?] Uraniidae[?] Urodidae[?] Walshiidae[?] Yponomeutidae[?] Ypsolophidae[?] Zygaenidae[?] Ref: Nearctica (http://www.nearctica.com/nomina/lepid/leps.htm) as of 2002-06-26 ITIS 117232 (http://www.itis.usda.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=117232) as of 2002-08-12

Lepidoptera: Order of insects that includes the butterfly and the moth. Lepidoptera have two pairs of membranous wings joined to each other and covered with scales, and mouth parts adapted for sucking. The order comprises more than 160,000 species.

Please see also the difference between a butterfly and a moth.