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Abdomen
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Overview
- Physiological structure Morphology (biology)
- Insects Insect
- Lepidoptera
- Butterflies Butterfly
- Moths Moth
- Scales Scale (Lepidoptera)
- Microlepidoptera
- Atlas moth
- Pupate Metamorphosis
- Life cycle Biological life cycle
- Egg Egg (biology)
- Larva
- Caterpillar
- Cremaster Pupa
- Imago (plural: imagines) Imago
- Sclerotised Sclerite
- Chewing mouthparts Insect mouthparts
- True legs Arthropod leg
- Prolegs Proleg
- Herbivores Herbivore
- Carnivores Carnivore
- Detritivores Detritivore
- Ecdysis
- Instar
- Exoskeleton
- Proboscis
- Galeae Galea (insects)
- Mandibles Mandible (insect mouthpart)
- Micropterigidae
- Compound eyes Compound eye
External morphology
- Superorder Order (biology)
- Holometabola
- Queen Alexandra's birdwing
- Tagmata Tagma (biology)
- Prothorax
- Cerci Cercus
Head
- Palpi Pedipalp
- Ocelli
- Monopis icterogastra
- Tineidae
- Glyphipterix simpliciella
- Glyphipterigidae
- Stegasta variana
- Gelechiidae
- Sexual dimorphism
- Caligula japonica
- Saturniidae
- Hesperiidae
- Libythea
- Taractrocera
- Bombyx mandarina
- Castniidae
- Olfaction Insect olfaction
- Monarch Monarch (butterfly)
- Sun compass Sun compass in animals
- Migratory monarch butterflies Monarch butterfly migration
- Eriocrania cicatricella
- Eriocraniidae
- Abantiades barcas
- Hepialidae
- Actias artemis
- Epargyreus clarus
- Vanessa atalanta
- Nymphalid butterfly Nymphalidae
- Deleiphila elpenor
- Athis inca
Thorax
- Metathorax
- Mesothorax
- Terga Tergum
- Sterna Sternum (arthropod anatomy)
- Pronotum
- Scapula Scapula (Lepidoptera)?action=edit&redlink=1
- Noctuoidea
- Tympanal organs Tympanal organ
- Papilionoidea
- Tarsal claws Glossary of spider terms
- Papilionidae
- Riodinidae
- Self-defence Self-defense
- Psychidae
- Lymantriidae
Scales
- Carl Linnaeus
- Lumen Lumen (anatomy)
- Trichoptera
- Melanins Melanin
- Uric acid
- Iridescence
- Structural coloration
- Coherent scattering
- Photonic crystal
- Morpho cypris
- Parides sesostris
- Teinopalpus imperialis
- Callophrys rubi
- Cyanophrys remus Cyanophrys remus?action=edit&redlink=1
- Mitoura gryneus
- Delias eucharis
- Colostygia aqueata Colostygia aqueata?action=edit&redlink=1
- Patterns Patterns in nature
- Communicate Aposematism
- Batesian mimicry
- Müllerian mimicry
- Lift to drag ratio
- Myrmecophilous Myrmecophily
- Lycaenidae
- Liphyra brassolis
Abdomen
- Abdomen
- Taxa Taxon
- Bat echolocation Animal echolocation
- Pyraloidea
- Geometroidea
- Sternite
- Genitalia
- Exoporian Exoporia
- Monotrysia
- Ditrysian Ditrysia
- Dorsal Dorsum (biology)
- Ventral
- Aedeagus
- Spermatophore
- Spermatheca
- Ovipore
- Parnassinae
- Acraeini
- Sphragis Mating plug
- Citheronia regalis
- Apollo Apollo (butterfly)
- Parnassius
- Cloaca
- Anus
- Copulatory pore Copulatory pore?action=edit&redlink=1
- Dacnonypha
- Zeugloptera
- Choreutidae
- Cossidae
Development
- Oviparous
- Centrolecithal
- Yolk
- Cytoplasm
- Embryo
- Vitteline envelope
- Chorion Chorion (egg)
- Micropyle Micropyle (zoology)
- Overwinter Hibernation
- Ostrinia
- Anaphaeis aurota
- Atrophaneura hector
- Carcharodus alceae
- Lycaena dispar
- Archips goyerena
- Tortricidae
- Actias luna
- Bupalus piniaria
- Malacosoma neustria
- Clypeus Clypeus (arthropod anatomy)
- Silk
- Labium Labium (insect)
- Salivary glands Salivary gland
- Notodontidae
- Geometridae
- Plusiinae
- Limacodidae
- Megalopygidae
- Urticating hairs Urticating hair
- Lonomia
Defense and predation
- Predation
- Parasitoid
- Parasitic
- Flies Fly
- Western tiger swallowtail Papilio rutulus
- Atrophaneura
- Wasp
- Hornet
- Eyespots Eyespot (mimicry)
- Automimicry
- Osmeterium
- Gland
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External morphology of Lepidoptera
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Important terminology
lepidoptera scales wings species may abdomen head butterflies antennae moths body larvae segments moth called two also legs caterpillars three
Entity relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples
Extracted RDF-like relationships with confidence and source. The table includes structured facts and lower-confidence contextual relations.| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| External morphology of Lepidoptera | is a | physiological structure of the bodies of insects belonging to the order Lepidoptera | 0.90 | text |
| the Atlas moth | instance of | to a wingspan of many inches | 0.80 | text |
| Libythea | instance of | In some butterfly genera | 0.80 | text |
| Taractrocera the knob is hollowed underneath | instance of | In some butterfly genera | 0.80 | text |
| pollen | instance of | Proboscises in some Heliconius species have evolved to consume solids | 0.80 | text |
| the Psychidae | instance of | In some Lepidoptera families | 0.80 | text |
| Lymantriidae | instance of | In some Lepidoptera families | 0.80 | text |
| the wings are reduced or even absent | instance of | In some Lepidoptera families | 0.80 | text |
| Callophrys rubi | instance of | and lycaenids | 0.80 | text |
| Cyanophrys remus | instance of | and lycaenids | 0.80 | text |
| and Mitoura gryneus | instance of | and lycaenids | 0.80 | text |
| has been studied | instance of | and lycaenids | 0.80 | text |
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