It is one of the most widespread and widely recognizable insect orders in the world. About 180,000 species of the Lepidoptera are described, in 126 families and 46 superfamilies, 10 percent of the total described species of living organisms. Lepidoptera ( / ˌ l ɛ p ə ˈ d ɒ p t ər ə/ lep-ə- DOP-tər-ə from Ancient Greek λεπίδος (lepídos) ' scale', and πτερά (pterá) 'wings') is an order of insects that includes butterflies and moths (both are called lepidopterans). Adhemarius gannascus, a species of sphinx moth
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