THE BUTTERFLIES AND MOTHS 



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FIG. 345. Caterpillar of the imperial moth (Basilona imperialis], (Natural size) 



SUMMARY OF THE LEPIDOPTERA 



BUTTERFLIES. Day flyers. Antennae clubbed. Wings held vertically. 

 Skippers (Hesperina). Antennae hooked. 

 True butterflies (Papilionind]. 



Swallowtail butterflies (Papilionidae\ 



White and yellow butterflies (Pieridae). 



Gossamer-winged butterflies (Lycaenidae). 



Four-footed butterflies (Nymphalidae\ 



MOTHS. Night flyers. Antennae not clubbed. Wings held flat. 

 Microlepidoptera. 



Family (Tineidae]. Leaf -miners, clothes moths, etc. 



Family (Tortricidae]. Leaf -rollers, bud-borers, etc. 



Family (Pyralidae], Leaf-folders, meal-worms, close-wings, bee-moth, 



etc. 

 Macrolepidoptera (in part). 



Carpenter-moths (Cossidae). Larvae wood borers. 



Clear-winged moths (Sesiidae). Larvae wood borers. 



Prominents (Notodontidae). 



Measuring-worms (Geometridae). 



Owlet-moths (Noctuidae). 



Tussock-moths (Liparidae). 



Tiger-moths (Arctiidae). 



Hawk-moths (Sphingidae). 



Saturnians (superfamily Satvrnoidea). Silkworm moths. Tent- 

 caterpillar moths. 



