What is Differences between butterflies and moths?
[[File:Butterfly vs moth anatomy.svg|thumb|Comparison of moth and butterfly dorsal anatomy.]] [[File:Kamehamehabutterfly2.jpg|thumb|230px|A [[Kamehameha]] butterfly with the clubbed antennae and slender body]] [[File:Polythemusmoth.jpg|thumb|230px|[[Polyphemus]] moth: note the feathered antennae]] [[File:Joined moths.JPG|thumb|230px|Mating pair of Poplar Hawk-moths, ''[[Laothoe populi]]'', showing two different [[Polymorphism|colour variants]]. Notice the fat moth-type bodies]] [[File:Danaus plexippus.JPG|thumb|230px|A [[Monarch butterfly]] demonstrating a common butterfly resting position]] [[File:Tetragonus catamitus India.jpg|thumb|230px|''Tetragonus'' sp., a day-flying [[Callidulidae|Callidulid]] moth holds its wings like a butterfly but lacks the knobbed antennae]] The [[Lepidoptera]] are the [[butterfly|butterflies]] and [[moth]]s. However, though the butterflies are a natural [[monophyletic]] group, moths are not. Butterflies are often put in the suborder '''Rhopalocera''', which includes [[Papilionoidea]] (true butterflies), the [[Hesperiidae]] (skippers), and the [[Hedylidae]] (butterfly moths). In [[Linnaean taxonomy]], moths are usually put in the suborder '''Heterocera'''. This tends to cover up the fact that they are not a true natural monophyletic group. However, moths do look and behave rather different from butterflies, which explains why people came to call them by a different name. Other taxonomic schemes have been proposed, but none of them is perfect. Both [[taxonomy|taxonomists]] and amateurs make use of the obvious differences between butterflies and moths. ==Morphological differences== ===Shape and structure of antennae=== The most obvious difference is in the feelers, or [[antenna (biology)|antennae]]. Most butterflies have thin slender filamentous antennae which are club shaped at the end. Moths, on the other hand, often have comb-like or feathery antennae, or filamentous and unclubbed. This distinction is the basis for the earliest [[taxonomy|taxonomic]] divisions in the Lepidopter