lepidopter
lepidopter — 名詞
1. any insect that belongs to the order Lepidoptera, a large scientific group that
鱗翅目昆蟲
屬於鱗翅目的昆蟲，如蝴蝶和蛾
any insect that belongs to the order Lepidoptera, a large scientific group that includes all butterflies and moths
The museum guide showed Jiwoo a lepidopter with bright orange wings.
博物館導覽員向 Jiwoo 展示了一隻有亮橘色翅膀的鱗翅目昆蟲。
describing a lepidopter by its wing colour
Professor Tendai has collected over 200 species of lepidopter in his career.
Tendai 教授在他的職業生涯中收集了超過兩百種鱗翅目昆蟲。
Hamza caught a lepidopter in the garden and studied its spotted wings.
Hamza 在花園裡捉到了一隻鱗翅目昆蟲，並仔細觀察了牠斑點狀的翅膀。
Yuki used the field guide to identify every lepidopter she found in the forest.
Yuki 用野外圖鑑辨識了她在森林裡找到的每一種鱗翅目昆蟲。
Under the microscope, the lepidopter's wing revealed thousands of tiny scales.
在顯微鏡下，這隻鱗翅目昆蟲的翅膀顯現出數千個微小的鱗片。
- lepidopteran
a more common scientific term with the same meaning; 'lepidopteran' is preferred in academic writing
用法筆記
This is a technical term used mainly in biology and entomology. In everyday English, people use 'butterfly' or 'moth' for specific types. The more common scientific variant is 'lepidopteran'.