Order: Moths and butterflies (Lepidoptera)
Other names
- Fivreldar på norsk
- Moths and butterflies på engelsk
Om sommerfugler
More than 2000 different species of moths and butterflies have been recorded in Norway. Unfortunantely many are endangered, mostly because of loss of suitable habitats. There are three endemic Norwegian species.
Systematikk
Kategori | Scientific name | English name |
---|---|---|
Kingdom | Animals | |
Phylum | Articulate animals | |
Klasse | Insects | |
Order | Lepidoptera | Moths and butterflies |
Group | Butterflies | |
Group | Macro-moths | |
Group | Micro-moths |
I samme klasse:
- Biller (Coleoptera)
- Bristletails (Archaeognatha)
- Døgnfluer (Ephemeroptera)
- Fleas (Siphonaptera)
- Kakerlakker (Blattaria)
- Lice (Mallophaga)
- Mudderfluer (Megaloptera)
- Nebbmunner (Hemiptera)
- Nettvinger (Neuroptera)
- Rettvinger (Orthoptera)
- Saksedyr (Dermaptera)
- Skorpionfluer (Mecoptera)
- Steinfluer (Plecoptera)
- Tovinger (Diptera)
- Vårfluer (Trichoptera)
- Årevinger (Hymenoptera)
- Øyenstikkere (Odonata)