Claim: Macrothyatira conspicua is a butterfly in the family Drepanidae first described by John Henry Leech, found in the Chinese provinces of Shaanxi, Zhejiang, Hunan, Fujian, Sichuan and Yunnan.
Evidence: Macrothyatira conspicua is a moth in the family Drepanidae first described by John Henry Leech in 1900. Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order.