Insect
Insects (from Latin ') are pancrustacean hexapod invertebrates of the class Insecta. They are the largest group within the arthropod phylum. Insects have a chitinous exoskeleton, a three-part body ( head, thorax and abdomen), three ...
s found in
Metropolitan France
Metropolitan France (french: France métropolitaine or ''la Métropole''), also known as European France (french: Territoire européen de la France) is the area of France which is geographically in Europe. This collective name for the European ...
include:
Beetles
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Lucanus cervus
''Lucanus cervus'', known as the European stag beetle, or the greater stag beetle, is one of the best-known species of stag beetle (family Lucanidae) in Western Europe, and is the eponymous example of the genus. ''L. cervus'' is listed as Near T ...
'', the stag beetle
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Donacia brevitarsis
''Donacia brevitarsis'' is a species of leaf beetle of the subfamily Donaciinae. Distributed from France to Russia, in northern Italy and Central Europe
Central Europe is an area of Europe between Western Europe and Eastern Europe, based on ...
'' and ''
Donacia malinovskyi'', leaf beetle of the genus
Donacia
Flies
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Musca domestica
The housefly (''Musca domestica'') is a fly of the suborder Cyclorrhapha. It is believed to have evolved in the Cenozoic Era, possibly in the Middle East, and has spread all over the world as a commensal of humans. It is the most common f ...
'', the house fly
Butterflies and moths
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List of butterflies of Metropolitan France
This is a list of butterflies found in Metropolitan France (including Corsica).
Hesperiidae
*'' Carcharodus alceae'' (Esper, 1780)
*'' Carcharodus baeticus'' (Rambur, 1839)
*'' Carcharodus floccifera'' (Zeller, 1847)
*'' Carcharodus lavatherae'' ...
*
List of moths of Metropolitan France (A–C)
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List of moths of Metropolitan France (D–H)
*
List of moths of Metropolitan France (I–O)
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List of moths of Metropolitan France (P–Z)
Mantises
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Iris oratoria
''Iris oratoria'', known by the common name Mediterranean mantis (or less frequently iris mantis), due to humans first studying it in lands around the Mediterranean Sea, is a species of praying mantis. Its range is expanding in the Middle East, ...
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Odonates (dragonflies and damselflies)
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List of Odonata species of Metropolitan France
Stick insects
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Bacillus rossius''
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Clonopsis gallica''
See also
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Fauna of Metropolitan France