papillon de nuit (English spelling) papillondenuit

Japanese: papillon de nuit(英語表記)papillondenuit
papillon de nuit (English spelling) papillondenuit

...It is said that when at rest, butterflies fold their wings behind their backs, while moths keep them open, but there are many different types of species that are called moths, and the distinction between them is very vague. In Japanese and English, different words are used for daytime flying things, such as butterfly, and nocturnal things, such as moths. In German, there is a word Falter (or Schmetterlinge) that combines the two, and butterflies are called Tagfalter (day butterflies) and moths are called Nachtfalter (night butterflies). In French, papillon refers to butterflies, and papillon de nuit means moth, just like in German.
[Classification and type]
In recent years, the academically unfounded classification of butterflies and moths has been abandoned, and Lepidoptera is now divided into two suborders:

*Some of the terminology that mentions "papillon de nuit" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…静止するときは,チョウは翅を背面にたたむが,ガは広げたままであるなどといわれているが,ガと呼ばれているものの中にいろいろなタイプの種がいて,これらの区別はたいへんあいまいである。昼間飛ぶのがチョウbutterfly,夜活動するのがガmothと,違ったことばを使っているのは日本語や英語だが,ドイツ語では両者をいっしょにしたFalter(あるいはSchmetterlinge)という単語があり,チョウはTagfalter(昼のチョウ),ガはNachtfalter(夜のチョウ)と呼ぶし,フランス語ではpapillonといえばチョウを指し,papillon de nuitとすれば,ドイツ語と同じようにガの意味になる。
[分類と種類]
 最近では,学問的に根拠のうすいチョウ類とガ類に大別する分類法は排除され,鱗翅目は次の2亜目に大別されている。…

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