What is the difference between a butterfly and a moth?
Butterflies are day-flying while moths generally fly at night. However, there are moths that are active during the day that could easily pass for butterflies. The best feature to look at is their antennae: Butterflies always have threadlike antennae that club tipped. Moths can have many types of antennae: feathery, hairy, threadlike or filamentous, but without the clubbed tips. Top of the page 4. What are Papilionidae, Pieridae, Nymphalidae and Lycaenidae? They are the names of the four butterfly families that together make up Papilionoidea, the superfamily of butterflies. You may see other classifications where Nymphalidae (Brushfoots) are concerned; they are often divided into Satyridae, Danainae, Nymphalidae and Libytheidae. This website however chooses to regard them as one family as they have one dominant characteristic in common: they have only 4 functional legs; their first pair of legs is redundant when it comes to being in motion. Papilionidae (Swallowtails) present great vari
