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Fauna of Australia and Lepidoptera

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Difference between Fauna of Australia and Lepidoptera

Fauna of Australia vs. Lepidoptera

The fauna of Australia consists of a huge variety of animals; some 83% of mammals, 89% of reptiles, 24% of fish and insects and 93% of amphibians that inhabit the continent are endemic to Australia. Lepidoptera is an order of insects that includes butterflies and moths (both are called lepidopterans).

Similarities between Fauna of Australia and Lepidoptera

Fauna of Australia and Lepidoptera have 22 things in common (in Unionpedia): Adaptive radiation, Amphibian, Ant, Bee, Beetle, Bogong moth, Butterfly, Crepuscular animal, Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts, Eocene, Fly, Herbivore, Hymenoptera, Insect, List of butterflies of Australia, Moth, Nature (journal), Nocturnality, Pest (organism), Predation, Spider, Wasp.

Adaptive radiation

In evolutionary biology, adaptive radiation is a process in which organisms diversify rapidly from an ancestral species into a multitude of new forms, particularly when a change in the environment makes new resources available, creates new challenges, or opens new environmental niches.

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Amphibian

Amphibians are ectothermic, tetrapod vertebrates of the class Amphibia.

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Ant

Ants are eusocial insects of the family Formicidae and, along with the related wasps and bees, belong to the order Hymenoptera.

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Bee

Bees are flying insects closely related to wasps and ants, known for their role in pollination and, in the case of the best-known bee species, the European honey bee, for producing honey and beeswax.

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Beetle

Beetles are a group of insects that form the order Coleoptera, in the superorder Endopterygota.

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Bogong moth

The bogong moth (Agrotis infusa) is a temperate species of night-flying moth, notable for its biannual long-distance seasonal migrations towards and from the Australian Alps, similar to the diurnal monarch butterfly.

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Butterfly

Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths.

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Crepuscular animal

Crepuscular animals are those that are active primarily during twilight (that is, the periods of dawn and dusk).

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Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts

The Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts was an Australian Government department that existed between December 2007 and September 2010.

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Eocene

The Eocene Epoch, lasting from, is a major division of the geologic timescale and the second epoch of the Paleogene Period in the Cenozoic Era.

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Fly

True flies are insects of the order Diptera, the name being derived from the Greek δι- di- "two", and πτερόν pteron "wings".

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Herbivore

A herbivore is an animal anatomically and physiologically adapted to eating plant material, for example foliage, for the main component of its diet.

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Hymenoptera

Hymenoptera is a large order of insects, comprising the sawflies, wasps, bees, and ants.

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Insect

Insects or Insecta (from Latin insectum) are hexapod invertebrates and the largest group within the arthropod phylum.

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List of butterflies of Australia

Australia has more than 400 species of butterfly, the majority of which are continental species, and more than a dozen endemic species from remote islands administered by various Australian territorial governments.

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Moth

Moths comprise a group of insects related to butterflies, belonging to the order Lepidoptera.

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Nature (journal)

Nature is a British multidisciplinary scientific journal, first published on 4 November 1869.

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Nocturnality

Nocturnality is an animal behavior characterized by being active during the night and sleeping during the day.

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Pest (organism)

A pest is a plant or animal detrimental to humans or human concerns including crops, livestock, and forestry.

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Predation

Predation is a biological interaction where a predator (a hunting animal) kills and eats its prey (the organism that is attacked).

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Spider

Spiders (order Araneae) are air-breathing arthropods that have eight legs and chelicerae with fangs that inject venom.

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Wasp

A wasp is any insect of the order Hymenoptera and suborder Apocrita that is neither a bee nor an ant.

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The list above answers the following questions

Fauna of Australia and Lepidoptera Comparison

Fauna of Australia has 448 relations, while Lepidoptera has 502. As they have in common 22, the Jaccard index is 2.32% = 22 / (448 + 502).

References

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