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around 17,950, and moths making up the rest. The vast majority live in the tropics, but substantial diversity exists on most continents. North America has over 700 species of butterflies and over 11,000 species of moths, while Australia has about 400 species of butterflies and 14,000 species of moths. The diversity in each faunal region has been estimated by John Heppner in 1991 based partly on actual counts from the literature, partly on the card indices in the Natural History Museum

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