Definition:

Capitate is a term used to describe certain insect antennae. Capitate antennae have a prominent club or knob at their ends. The term capitate derives from the Latin caput, meaning head.

Capitate is a morphological form of antennae found in some insect groups, most notably in butterflies (Lepidoptera).

Capitate is just one of many morphological forms of insect antennae. See also:

• aristate
• clavate

• filiform
• flabellate
• geniculate
• lamellate
• moniliform
• pectinate
• plumose
• serrate
• setaceous
• stylate

_{Source: Borror and DeLong's Introduction to the Study of Insects, 7th Edition, by Charles A. Triplehorn and Norman F. Johnson}