Talk:Lepidoptera

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Butterflies and cocoons

Which butterflies make cocoons? FloridaArmy (talk) 03:30, 4 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

This is not a forum, and the question is basically out of scope for this article. Chiswick Chap (talk) 03:36, 4 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

It is actually a good question, in the lead it says "A few butterflies and many moth species spin a silk casing or cocoon", however I do not know of any butterflies that spin cocoons. Chattenoir (talk) 04:30, 25 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Ok, per https://images.peabody.yale.edu/lepsoc/jls/1980s/1985/1985-39(3)156-McCorkle.pdf

Parnassius is a genus of butterflys which spin a cocoon Chattenoir (talk) 04:34, 25 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]