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What are scaly wings?

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Scaled wings are wings that are made up of a epidermal membrane and are generally no more then two cells thick. The scales grow out of a small socket in the membrane. They are found on moths, skippers, and butterflies. The order they belong to, Lepidoptera, is actually Latin for "scale-wing".

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Scaly wings are the wings that are one butterflies. These are the four wings that are attached to butterflies that if touched appear to be like dust. The dust is actually very tiny scales.

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