The Global Lepidoptera Names Index (LepIndex) is a searchable

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maintained by the Department of Entomology at the

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. It is based on card indices and scanned journals, nomenclatural catalogues and the '' Zoological Record''. It contains most of world's Lepidoptera names published until 1981 and for some groups is up to date.The Global Lepidoptera Names Index Introduction
Retrieved 2011-01-4 LepIndex allows anyone free internet access to: * the zoological authority who named a

butterfly Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The group comprise ...

moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...

species * where the original description was published * status of the name ( valid name or synonym) It is the main source of Lepidoptera names in the

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