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Order Lepidoptera


Domain Eukarya
Kingdom Animalia
Sub-kingdom Eumetazoa
Sub-sub-kingdom Bilateria
Metaphylum Schizocoelos Coelomates
Phylum Arthropoda
Subphylum Uniramia
Class Insecta
Subclass Pterygota

Order Lepidoptera

The butterflies and moths have wings with the surfaces covered with scales. Greek: lepidos, scale + pteron, wing. (Dorit et al, 1991)