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Ditrysia

Ditrysia

Kamehameha Butterfly
Kamehameha

Scientific classification
:Eukaryota
:Animalia
:Metazoa
:Arthropoda
:Hexapoda
:Insecta
:Pterygota
:Neoptera
:Endopterygota
:Lepidoptera
Suborder:Ditrysia
Families

See Lepidoptera.

The Ditrysia are a suborder of Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths). They are so named because the female has two distinct sexual openings: one for mating, and the other for laying eggs. Most species of Lepidoptera belong to Ditrysia.


See also

  • Monotrysia

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