Lepidopterophobia is the fear of butterflies and moths, an animal phobia that can be triggered by their movement, their wings, or simply their unpredictable flight pattern in close proximity to a person. It falls within the same family of specific phobias as fears of other winged insects and is addressed with similar graduated exposure methods.
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Type of Phenomenon Diagnostic ChapterAnxiety or Fear-Related Disorders 2 Sources
1. Lepidopterophobia (Wikipedia)
Wikipedia Lepidopterophobia lead paragraph (w-bbfill-psych-diag-0926, keyword classification against phenomenon-kind enum definitions, hand-checked)View the Source 2. ICD-11 Browser (WHO)
World Health Organization
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