While there is no official name for the phobia of butterflies, it has been linked to Mottephobia (Fear of Moths), or a name such as Lepidopterophobia (based on Lepidopterans - the order of insects including butterflies, moths, etc.).
"While there is no official name for the phobia of butterflies, it has been linked to Mottephobia (Fear of Moths), or a name such as Lepidopterophobia (based on Lepidopterans - the order of insects including butterflies, moths, etc.)." The above came from www.ihatebutterflies.com
She has a fear of butterflies. Like me, i also have a fear of moths
Mottephobia or Lepidopterophobia. Answer 2 by Terrier23: Since there is no actual name for the fear of butterflies, they use these two because they are for the phobia of moths, and moths and butterflies are practically the same. Mottephobia is the fear of moths with Lepidopterophobia is the fear of Jipsy Moths
The irrational fear is called a phobia; the experience or object that triggers a phobia could be called a phobic experience or object.
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butterflies are harmless creatures so tell yourself there is no need to be scared. butterflies aren't seen around that often so try your best to ignore it and maybe the fear will go away. This is an irrational fear. The person usually knows butterflies are harmless, but s/he is powerless to do anything about it. Hypnosis is an excellent way to deal with the fear. (I used to be skeptical about hypnosis, but have been using it for sports performance and am very impressed.)
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To have a phobia is to have a fear.
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