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lepidopteran — /lep i dop teuhr euhn/, adj. 1. lepidopterous. n. 2. a lepidopterous insect. [1850 55; LEPIDOPTER(A) + AN] * * * Any of the more than 100,000 species constituting the order Lepidoptera (Greek: scaly wing ): butterflies, moths, and skippers. The… … Universalium
osmeterium — noun (plural osmeteria) Etymology: New Latin, irregular from Greek osmē odor Date: 1816 a protrusible glandular process of swallowtail larvae that emits a disagreeable odor for defensive purposes … New Collegiate Dictionary
Caterpillar — Caterpillars are the larval form of a member of the order Lepidoptera (the insect order comprising butterflies and moths). They are mostly phytophagous in food habit, with some species being entomophagous. Caterpillars are voracious feeders and… … Wikipedia
Anise Swallowtail — Taxobox name = Anise Swallowtail status = secure image width = 200px regnum = Animalia divisio = Rhopalocera phylum = Arthropoda classis = Insecta ordo = Lepidoptera familia = Papilionidae subfamilia = Papilioninae tribus = Papilionini genus =… … Wikipedia
Papilio helenus — Taxobox name = Red Helen image width = 200px regnum = Animalia phylum = Arthropoda classis = Insecta ordo = Lepidoptera familia = Papilionidae subfamilia = Papilioninae genus = Papilio species = P. helenus binomial = Papilio helenus binomial… … Wikipedia
osmeterium — n.; pl. osmeteria [Gr. osme, odor] (ARTHROPODA: Insecta) A fleshy, tubular, eversible pouch usually V or Yshaped, sometimes arising from cephalo dorso meson of the prothorax of Papilionidae caterpillars, that produce a penetrating odor; also… … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
papilionidae — pəˌpilēˈänəˌdē noun plural Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Papilion , Papilio, type genus + idae : a large family (superfamily Papilionoidea) of butterflies that have all three pairs of legs well developed in both sexes, larvae… … Useful english dictionary
