Gold Coast Buterflies & MothsCase Moths Common Crow (Euploea core) Wattle Cup Caterpillar (Calcarifera ordinata)
Butterflies and moths are known collectively as lepidopterans, belonging to the order Lepidoptera, in the class Insecta. The Gold Coast region is home to a great variety of butterflies and moths. As well as the winged adult species, keep an eye out for the various instar stages including caterpillar and pupa/chrysalis.
Many online resources often group moths and butterflies together, however moths outnumber butterflies in both numbers and species. In Australia alone, there are over 10,500 species of moths, compared with about 400 species of butterflies. Whilst there are very few species of butterflies yet to be discovered, in Australia there is estimated to be at least another 10,000 moth species yet to be discovered, studied and named.
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- Scientific classification
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Lepidoptera
Footnote & References
- Photographs © Stefan Jones
Gold Coast Buterflies & MothsCase Moths Common Crow (Euploea core) Wattle Cup Caterpillar (Calcarifera ordinata)
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