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nymphalidaethe largest family of butterflies, with more than 6,000 species distributed throughout most of the world.
tachinidaea large and variable family of true flies within the insect order Diptera, with more than 8,200 known species and many more to be discovered.
pieridaea large family of butterflies with about 76 genera containing about 1,100 species, mostly from tropical Africa and tropical Asia with some varieties in the more northern regions of North America and Eurasia.
pteromalidaea large family of wasps, the majority being parasitoids of other insects.
sterrhinae—
mothnounAny flying insect of the order Lepidoptera not in the superfamily Papilionoidea, most species of which are nocturnal and can be distinguished from butterflies by feather-like antennae.
saturniidaeSaturniidae, members of which are commonly named the saturniids, is a family of Lepidoptera with an estimated 2,300 described species.
fulgoridaeThe family Fulgoridae is a large group of hemipteran insects, especially abundant and diverse in the tropics, containing over 125 genera worldwide.
dalceridaea small family of zygaenoid moths with some 80 known species encompassing about one dozen genera mostly found in the Neotropical region with a few reaching the far south of the Nearctic region.
dolichopodidaeDolichopodidae, the long-legged flies, are a large, cosmopolitan family of true flies with more than 8,000 described species in about 250 genera.
ground beetlenounAny of a large cosmopolitan family of beetles, Carabidae.
taxonomy of the lepidopteraThe insect order Lepidoptera consists of moths and butterflies (43 superfamilies).
tenthredinidaethe largest family of sawflies, with well over 7,500 species worldwide, divided into 430 genera.
diaspididaethe largest family of scale insects with over 2650 described species in around 400 genera.
mantidaeone of the largest families in the order of praying mantises, based on the type species Mantis religiosa; however, most genera are tropical or subtropical.
morphonounAny of the genus Morpho of large tropical American butterflies.
tyranniThe (suboscines) a suborder of passerine birds that includes more than 1,000 species, the large majority of which are South American.
leaf beetlenounAny of very many brightly-coloured beetles, of the family Chrysomelidae, that feed on plant leaves.
mygalomorphaeThe Mygalomorphae, or mygalomorphs, are an infraorder of spiders, and comprise one of three major groups of living spiders with over 3,000 species, found on all continents except Antarctica.
fireflynoun(Northern US, Western US, Florida) Any beetle of the family Lampyridae, which exhibit bioluminescence during twilight.

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