a. [f. LEPIDOPTER-A + -OUS.] Of or pertaining to the Lepidoptera.
1797. J. Abbott (title), The Natural History of the rarer Lepidopterous Insects of Georgia.
1826. Kirby & Sp., Entomol., IV. 533. With regard to setting Lepidopterous insects.
1835. Trans. Zool. Soc. Lond., I. 188, note. A detailed generalization of the Lepidopterous wing.
1861. W. Barnes, in Macm. Mag., June, 131. The lepidopterous insect ‘colias edusa,’ is bright with orange and green.
