lepidopterous

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No, child; some lepidopterous insects always leave a drop of red fluid when emerging from the pupa state.

From Bee and Butterfly A Tale of Two Cousins by Madison, Lucy Foster

The spider, it appears, is an "undescribed species of Erigone," and the larvæ are probably lepidopterous.

From The First Landing on Wrangel Island With Some Remarks on the Northern Inhabitants by Rosse, Irving C. (Irving Collins)

He leaves us, however, to imagine under what possible geographical conditions the climate in Europe could be too severe for a lepidopterous fauna, while at the same time Central Asia could maintain an abundant one.

From The History of the European Fauna by Scharff, Robert Francis

Thus, if the lepidopterous insect sees a continuous picture of its surroundings, such a picture is produced by the overlapping and blending, at their edges, of hundreds or thousands of distinct parts.

From Butterflies and Moths (British) by Furneaux, William S.

The diminutive florets on its flat disk are so shallow that lepidopterous and hymenopterous insects, with their long proboses, stand no chance of getting a meal.

From Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure by Fernie, William Thomas