Lepidoptera

Butterflies and moths

The wings are covered in tiny overlapping scales. Most of the colour comes from them, some as pigment, some as bent light.

Around 160,000 species worldwide · 200 species in this volume

SwallowtailsPapilionidae2 species

Whites and yellowsPieridae7 species

Brush-footed butterfliesNymphalidae25 species

Blues and coppersLycaenidae10 species

SkippersHesperiidae5 species

Hawk mothsSphingidae10 species Emperor mothsSaturniidae1 species

Geometer mothsGeometridae33 species

Owlet mothsNoctuidae34 species Fairy longhorn mothsAdelidae1 species Many-plume mothsAlucitidae1 species Metalmark mothsChoreutidae1 species Carpenter mothsCossidae2 species

Grass mothsCrambidae14 species Hook-tip mothsDrepanidae2 species

Erebid mothsErebidae26 species Leaf-blotch miner mothsGracillariidae1 species Ghost mothsHepialidae2 species

Lappet mothsLasiocampidae4 species Tuft mothsNolidae1 species Prominent mothsNotodontidae1 species

Concealer mothsOecophoridae3 species Diamondback mothsPlutellidae1 species Plume mothsPterophoridae2 species

Pyralid mothsPyralidae5 species

Tortrix mothsTortricidae4 species Ermine mothsYponomeutidae1 species Burnet mothsZygaenidae1 species