Definition of Rhopaloceras. Meaning of Rhopaloceras. Synonyms of Rhopaloceras

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Definition of Rhopaloceras

Rhopalocera
Rhopalocera Rhop`a*loc"e*ra, n. pl. [NL., from Gr. ??? a club + ??? ahorn.] (Zo["o]l.) A division of Lepidoptera including all the butterflies. They differ from other Lepidoptera in having club-shaped antenn[ae].

Meaning of Rhopaloceras from wikipedia

- the Papilionoidea, meaning that Papilionoidea would be synonymous with Rhopalocera. The relationships between the rest of the 6 families are extremely well...
- but the group is paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (suborder Rhopalocera) and neither subordinate taxon is used in modern classifications. Moths...
- Butterflies are a natural monophyletic group, often given the suborder Rhopalocera, which includes Papilionoidea (true butterflies), Hesperiidae (skippers)...
- λεπίδος lepídos ("scale") and πτερόν ("wing"). Sometimes, the term Rhopalocera is used for the clade of all butterfly species, derived from the Ancient...
- Pterocotes Quadraceps Rallicola Johnston & Harrison, 1911 Rallicola extinctus Rhopaloceras Rhynonirmus Rotundiceps Saemundssonia Saepocephalum Splendoroffula Strigiphilus...
- his interest in natural history, and resulted in the publication of Rhopalocera Malayana (1882–1886), a description of the butterflies of the Malay Peninsula...
- are only as closely related to each other as either is to butterflies (Rhopalocera). Most bagworms are inoffensive to humans and incon****uous; some are...
- butterflies". Bridges, Charles A (1993). Bibliography (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera) (2nd ed.). Urbana, Ill: C.A. Bridges. pp. 175–176 Part I. OCLC 23544527...
- (1947). "The early stages of some African Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera)". Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London A. 22 (4–6):...
- revision of the Arhopala group of Oriental Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera) Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), London, Entomology...