lepidopteran
lepidopteran — 名詞
1. an insect belonging to the large group that includes moths, butterflies, and ski
鱗翅目昆蟲
蝴蝶、蛾、弄蝶所屬的昆蟲類群
an insect belonging to the large group that includes moths, butterflies, and skippers; the adults carry two pairs of wings coated in tiny scales, and the young grow as caterpillars.
Niran pinned each lepidopteran carefully into the wooden display box at the museum.
Niran 小心地把每隻鱗翅目昆蟲釘進博物館的木製展示盒裡。
countable noun: pin a lepidopteran
The garden was full of lepidopterans drifting between the bright orange flowers.
花園裡滿是鱗翅目昆蟲，在鮮豔的橘色花朵之間飛舞。
plural form: lepidopterans
Sayaka studies how each lepidopteran changes from a caterpillar into a winged adult.
Sayaka 研究每隻鱗翅目昆蟲如何從毛毛蟲變成有翅膀的成蟲。
Many lepidopterans feed only at night, resting under leaves during the day.
許多鱗翅目昆蟲只在夜間覓食，白天則躲在葉子下休息。
At the science fair, Reuben explained why a moth counts as a lepidopteran too.
在科學展上，Reuben 解釋為什麼蛾也算是一種鱗翅目昆蟲。
- lepidopteron
less common spelling variant of the same term
用法筆記
Belongs to scientific and technical writing; in everyday English, speakers name the specific creature ('butterfly', 'moth') rather than reaching for this cover term.