Meaning & use
Rhopalocera
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Butterflies, considered collectively as a traditional grouping distinguished from moths by their club-shaped antennae.
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The exhibit on Rhopalocera featured pinned specimens from six continents.
Entomologists once classified Rhopalocera as a formal suborder within Lepidoptera.
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Modern classification treats Rhopalocera as informal rather than a true taxonomic rank, since butterflies are now understood to be nested within several moth lineages.
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