MeSH Browser

MeSH Heading: Butterflies
Tree Number(s): B01.050.500.131.617.720.500.500.937.200
Unique ID: D002080
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D002080
Annotation: /microbiol /‌parasitol /‌virol permitted
Scope Note: Slender-bodies diurnal insects having large, broad wings often strikingly colored and patterned.
Public MeSH Note: 91; was see under LEPIDOPTERA 1975-90
History Note: 91(75); was see under LEPIDOPTERA 1975-90
Date Established: 1991/01/01
Date of Entry: 1974/12/12
Revision Date: 2020/08/13

Allowable Qualifiers: anatomy & histology (AH)

chemistry (CH)

classification (CL)

cytology (CY)

drug effects (DE)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

genetics (GE)

growth & development (GD)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

parasitology (PS)

pathogenicity (PY)

physiology (PH)

radiation effects (RE)

ultrastructure (UL)

virology (VI)

Butterflies MeSH Descriptor Data 2025