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| has gloss | eng: Butterfly evolution refers to the origin and diversification of the group through geologic time and over a goodly portion of the Earth's surface. Butterflies probably evolved about 150 million years ago. Of the 220,000 species of Lepidoptera, about 45,000 species are butterflies, which probably evolved from moths. Butterflies are found throughout the world, except in Antarctica, and are especially numerous in the tropics; they fall into eight different families. |
| lexicalization | eng: Butterfly evolution |
| instance of | e/Papilionoidea |
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