g
c
d
Butterfly
Rhopalocera
families
q
Hedylidae
moth
s
Hesperiidae
skippers
j
Lycaenidae
blues
C
u
Nymphalidae
brush-footed or four-footed
i
Papilionidae
swallowtails
t
Pieridae
whites & allies
k
Riodinidae
smetalmarks
world butterfly census
estimated
total number of known butterfly species
vary between 17,000-19,000