Lepidopteran diversity
180,000 species of Lepidoptera are described, equivalent to 10% of the total described species of living organisms.[1] This is a list of the diversity of the Lepidoptera showing the estimated number of genera and species described for each superfamily and, where available, family. See Lepidoptera for a note of the schedule of families used.
References
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