Orders

Adult Lepidoptera Features

Antenna

2. Antennae clubbed …3
Antennae not clubbed....(moths) 9 3. Terminal hook usually projecting from clubbed antenna........... (skippers) HESPERIIDAE
Terminal hook lacking.... (butterflies) 5. Antennae void of scales and club reduced in size..(milkweed butterflies) DANAIDAE
Antennae with scales....... (brushfooted butterflies) NYMPHALIDAE* 8. Margin of eye notched where antenna located; color usually metallic in sheen..............(blues, coppers, etc.) LYCAENIDAE
Not with above characteristics …..(whites and sulphurs) PIERIDAE 11. Antennae pectinate but not obviously to tip (roval moths) SATURNIIDAE
Antennae either pectinate to tip or not conspicuously pectinate…..12 14. Antennae pectinate ….(male bagworm moths) PSYCHIDAE
Antennae not obviously pectinate. ...........(sphinx or hawk moths) SPHINGIDAE 18. Antennae distinctly pectinate…..19
Antennae usually not distinctly pectinate…20