LEPIDOPTERA

Key Characters:

Front and hind wings with large surface area

Body and wings mostly covered with tiny pigmented scales

Common Families:

Butterflies

Pieridae -- Whites and Sulfurs

Nymphalidae -- Brush-footed Butterflies

Papilionidae -- Swallowtail Butterflies

Moths

Sphingidae -- Hawk Moths

Arctiidae -- Tiger Moths

Saturniidae -- Silk Moths