Endopterygota: Lepidoptera & Hymenoptera
Order Lepidoptera Moths, butterflies, skippers Lepido – Scaly Ptera - Wings 2 nd largest order Mouth parts - Siphoning in adults, mandibulate in larvae Wings covered with overlapping pigmented scales Polypod larvae (caterpillars) Family Hesperiidae Skippers • Large head possessing clavate antennae with hooked tip • Peculiar, erratic darting flight • Larvae – smooth with large head and constricted neck Family Nymphalidae Brush footed butterflies • Largest family of butterflies • Knobbed clavate antenna • Fore legs- reduced, brush like (males) or comb like (females), thus called four footed butterflies • Larvae – smooth, with 2 or 4 pairs of fleshy processes Family Papilionidae S