- Papilio machaon
markings. It has a defense against predator s in the form of an osmeterium , which consists of retractable ... more details
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- Atrophaneura hector
a black head and orange osmeterium . The body is fat, with orange red tubercle s and a prominent yellowish ... more details
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- Graphium agamemnon
. File Graphium agamemnon 4.jpg thumb right Caterpillar in 4th instar It has a pair of osmeterium ... more details
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- Papilio polytes
Blue Mormon . The deep red osmeterium and yellowish brown head help distinguish it from the Princeps ... more details
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- Papilio clytia
row on the others. The Osmeterium is light indigo blue. Pupa File Chilasa clytia dissimilis emerg.jpg ... more details
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- Parnassius
families, and like the other swallowtail butterfly larvae, possess an osmeterium . ref Katoh T, Chichvarkhin ... more details
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- Lepidoptera
. Some caterpillars have special structures called osmeterium osmeteria , which are averted to produce ... more details
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- Caterpie, Metapod, and Butterfree
underbelly, yellow spots, and large red osmeterium protruding from its forehead. ref name IGN ... Game Boy ref and the osmeterium on their heads can project a horrid stench to repel predators. ref ... more details
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- External morphology of Lepidoptera
good article File Pieris rapae head Richard Bartz.jpg thumb 300px alt Closeup of butterfly head showing eyes, antenna, coiled proboscis and palpi. The head of a Pieris rapae Small White butterfly Pieris rapae . Note the upward pointing labial palpi on both sides of the coiled proboscis. File Ochlodes sylvanus MichaD.jpg thumb alt A skipper butterfly perched on a leaf and holding its wings apart from each other seen from above. Adult Essex Skipper Thymelicus lineola File Sphingidaepupa.JPG thumb alt A golden coloured pupa on a flat surface with fine details visible. Pupa of a sphingid moth File Arctiidae caterpillar edit.jpg thumb alt A flowering shoot with a hairy caterpillar climbing up. upright Caterpillar of Arcitiidae family File Phalera bucephala Mondvogel 03 HS .JPG thumb alt White moth eggs with black central spots seen clustered together on a leaf from above. Eggs of Phalera bucephala , the Buff Tip, a notodontid moth The external morphology of Lepidoptera is the morphology biology physiological structure of the bodies of insect s belonging to the order Lepidoptera , also known as butterfly butterflies and moth s. Lepidoptera are distinguished from other orders principally by the presence of Scale Lepidoptera scales on the external parts of the body and appendages, especially the wings. Butterflies and moths vary in size from microlepidoptera only a few millimetres long, to conspicuous animals with a wingspan of many inches, such as the Monarch butterfly Monarch butterfly and Atlas moth . Comprising over 160,000 described species, ref name Inventory cite journal editor Z. Q. Zhang & W. A. Shear year 2007 title Linnaeus Tercentenary Progress in Invertebrate Taxonomy journal Zootaxa volume 1668 isbn 9780126906479 url http www.lepidoptera.ee images lingid Zootaxa1668p699.pdf format Portable Document Format PDF author Kristensen, Niels P. Scoble, M. J. & Karsholt, Ole chapter Lepidoptera phylogeny and systematics the state of inventorying moth and butterfly dive ... more details
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- Pheromone
Civetone Estratetraenol Honey bee pheromones Kairomone Major urinary proteins Osmeterium , an organ ... more details
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- List of Pokémon (1?51)
with a yellow underbelly, yellow spots, and large red osmeterium protruding from its forehead. Their green ... Boy ref and the osmeterium on their heads can project a horrid stench to repel predators. ref name ... more details
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- Butterfly
spots to enhance this effect. Some caterpillars have special structures called osmeterium osmeteria ... more details
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