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While The Butterflies Form A Monophyletic Group, The Moths, Comprising The Rest Of The Lepidoptera, Do Not. Many Attempts Have Been Made To Group The Superfamilies Of The Lepidoptera Into Natural Groups, Most Of Which Fail Because One Of The Two Groups Is Not Monophyletic: Microlepidoptera And Macrolepidoptera, Heterocera And Rhopalocera, Jugatae And Frenatae, Monotrysia And Ditrysia. Although The Rules For Distinguishing Moths From Butterflies Are Not Hard And Fast, One Very Good Guiding Principle Is That Butterflies Have Thin Antennae And (With The Exception Of The Hedylidae Family) Have Small Balls Or Clubs At The End Of Their Antennae. Moth Antennae Can Be Quite Varied In Appearance, But In Particular Lack The Club End. The Divisions Are Named By This Principle: "Club-Antennae" (Rhopalocera) Or "Varied-Antennae" (Heterocera).

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While the butterflies form a monophyletic group, the moths, comprising the rest of the Lepidoptera, do not. Many attempts have been made to group the superfamilies of the Lepidoptera into natural groups, most of which fail because one of the two groups is not monophyletic: Microlepidoptera and Macrolepidoptera, Heterocera and Rhopalocera, Jugatae and Frenatae, Monotrysia and Ditrysia. Although the rules for distinguishing moths from butterflies are not hard and fast, one very good guiding principle is that butterflies have thin antennae and (with the exception of the Hedylidae Family) have small balls or clubs at the end of their antennae. Moth antennae can be quite varied in appearance, but in particular lack the club end. The divisions are named by this principle: "club-antennae" (Rhopalocera) or "varied-antennae" (Heterocera).

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