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Species

Here we cover all of our butterfly species: endemic, native and introduced, and a sampling of our moths. With over 1800 species, Lepidoptera form the third largest order of insects in NZ: not diverse by world standards but extremely important globally for its high proportion of endemic taxa (about 90% of all species) and the presence of ancient, relictual groups.

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