lepidoptera
lepidoptera — noun
1. a major group of flying insects — among them butterflies, moths, and skipper but
a major group of flying insects — among them butterflies, moths, and skipper butterflies — whose four wide wings carry a covering of tiny scales set like overlapping tiles
Hari's biology class studied the Lepidoptera order, focusing on local butterfly species.
modifier use: Lepidoptera order
The museum's Lepidoptera collection included over two hundred pinned moth specimens.
Among the Lepidoptera, few insects match the monarch butterfly's long migration.
Nellie learned that Lepidoptera scales are what give butterfly wings their bright colours.
A single Lepidoptera caterpillar can eat several times its body weight each day.
- butterflies and moths
everyday-language equivalent covering most Lepidoptera, though it excludes skippers
用法筆記
Always written with a capital L and treated as a plural noun. In everyday English, speakers generally use 'butterflies and moths' instead of this scientific term.