Papilionoidea

Euploea core

Taxonavigation

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Cladus: Pancrustacea
Cladus: Allotriocarida
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Holometabola
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Superfamilia: Papilionoidea
Familiae (8): Aenigmatineidae –Hedylidae –Hesperiidae –Lycaenidae –Nymphalidae –Papilionidae –Pieridae –Riodinidae

Name

Papilionoidea Latreille, 1802.

Synonymy

• Papillonides; papilionides (sic) Latreille, 1802: 387.
• Hesperioidea Latreille, 1809.
• Hedyloidea Scoble, 1986.

References

Primary references

• Latreille, P.A. 1802. Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière des crustacés et des insectes. Ouvrage faisant suite à l’histoire naturelle générale et particulière, composée par Leclerc de Buffon, et rédigée par C.S. Sonnini, membre de plusieurs sociétés savantes. Familles naturelles des genres. Tome troisième. F. Dufart, Paris, pp. i-xii + 13–467 [+ 1 (errata)]. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

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• Braby, M.F. 2011. Revised checklist of Australian butterflies (Lepidoptera: Hesperioidea and Papilionoidea): addendum and errata. Zootaxa, 3128: 67–68. Preview. Reference page. 
• Bridges, C.A. 1994. Catalogue of the Family-Group, Genus-Group and Species-Group Names of the Hesperioidea (Lepidoptera) of the World. Bridges, Urbana, Illinois. BHL Reference page. 
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Vernacular names

Afrikaans: Skoenlappers
ak: Afrafranto
English: Butterfly
español: papilionoideas, mariposas
suomi: Päiväperhoset
日本語: アゲハチョウ上科
kurdî: Perperok,Pelîtank,Baperik
Türkçe: Kelebek
中文: 真蝶總科，凤蝶总科

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