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Order Lepidoptera

Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera

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Lepidoptera

Daughter taxa

Subperfamilies: 50 (31 illustrated). Families: 141 (89 illustrated). Subfamilies: 291 (208 illustrated). Tribes: 472 (319 illustrated). Subtribes: 119 (81 illustrated). Genera: 17869 (2800 illustrated). Subgenera: 670 (301 illustrated). Species.

Acanthopteroctetoidea [superfamily]

Acanthopteroctetidae

Adeloidea [superfamily]

Adelidae, Heliozelidae, Incurvariidae, Prodoxidae

Agathiphagoidea [superfamily]

Agathiphagidae

Alucitoidea [superfamily]

Alucitidae, Tineodidae

Axioidea [superfamily]

Axiidae

Bombycoidea [superfamily]

Anthelidae, Apatelodidae, Bombycidae, Brahmaeidae, Carthaeidae, Endromidae, Eupterotidae, Lemoniidae, Mirinidae, Saturniidae, Sphingidae

Calliduloidea [superfamily]

Callidulidae

Carposinoidea [superfamily]

Carposinidae

Choreutoidea [superfamily]

Choreutidae

Copromorphoidea [superfamily]

Copromorphidae

Cossoidea [superfamily]

Brachodidae, Castniidae, Cossidae, Dudgeoneidae, Sesiidae

Drepanoidea [superfamily]

Cimeliidae, Drepanidae, Epicopeiidae

Epermenioidea [superfamily]

Epermeniidae

Eriocranioidea [superfamily]

Eriocraniidae

Galacticoidea [superfamily]

Galacticidae

Gelechioidea [superfamily]

Agonoxenidae, Amphisbatidae, Autostichidae, Batrachedridae, Blastobasidae, Chimabachidae, Coleophoridae, Cosmopterigidae, Deoclonidae, Elachistidae, Gelechiidae, Glyphidoceridae, Holcopogonidae, Lecithoceridae, Lypusidae, Metachandidae, Momphidae, Oecophoridae, Peleopodidae, Pterolonchidae, Scythrididae, Stathmopodidae, Xyloryctidae

Geometroidea [superfamily]

Geometridae, Sematuridae, Uraniidae

Gracillarioidea [superfamily]

Bucculatricidae, Gracillariidae, Roeslerstammiidae

Hedyloidea [superfamily]

Hedylidae

Hepialoidea [superfamily]

Anomosetidae, Hepialidae, Neotheoridae, Palaeosetidae, Prototheoridae

Hesperioidea Latreille, 1809 [superfamily]

Heterobathmioidea [superfamily]

Heterobathmiidae

Hyblaeoidea [superfamily]

Immoidea Heppner, 1977 [superfamily]

Immidae

Incurvarioidea [superfamily]

Cecidosidae, Crinopterygidae

Lasiocampoidea [superfamily]

Lasiocampidae

Lepidopteraincertissedoidea [superfamily]

Douglasiidae, Millieridae

Lophocoronoidea [superfamily]

Lophocoronidae

Micropterigoidea [superfamily]

Micropterigidae

Mimallonoidea [superfamily]

Mimallonidae

Mnesarchaeoidea [superfamily]

Mnesarchaeidae

Neopseustoidea [superfamily]

Neopseustidae

Nepticuloidea [superfamily]

Nepticulidae, Opostegidae

Noctuoidea [superfamily]

Arctiidae, Doidae, Erebidae, Euteliidae, Lymantriidae, Noctuidae, Nolidae, Notodontidae, Oenosandridae, Pantheidae

Palaephatoidea [superfamily]

Palaephatidae

Papilionoidea [superfamily]

Hesperiidae, Lycaenidae, Nymphalidae, Papilionidae, Pieridae, Riodinidae

Pterophoroidea [superfamily]

Pterophoridae

Pyraloidea [superfamily]

Crambidae, Hyblaeidae, Pyralidae

Schreckensteinioidea [superfamily]

Schreckensteiniidae

Sesioidea [superfamily]

Simaethistoidea [superfamily]

Simaethistidae

Thyridoidea [superfamily]

Thyrididae

Tineoidea [superfamily]

Acrolophidae, Arrhenophanidae, Eriocottidae, Pseudarbelidae, Psychidae, Tineidae

Tischerioidea [superfamily]

Tischeriidae

Tortricoidea [superfamily]

Tortricidae

Superfamily unassigned [superfamily]

Urodoidea [superfamily]

Urodidae

Whalleyanoidea [superfamily]

Whalleyanidae

Yponomeutoidea [superfamily]

Acrolepiidae, Argyresthiidae, Bedelliidae, Glyphipterigidae, Heliodinidae, Lyonetiidae, Plutellidae, Praydidae, Yponomeutidae, Ypsolophidae

Zygaenoidea [superfamily]

Aididae, Anomoeotidae, Chrysopolomidae, Cyclotornidae, Dalceridae, Epipyropidae, Heterogynidae, Himantopteridae, Lacturidae, Limacodidae, Megalopygidae, Somabrachyidae, Zygaenidae

Lepidoptera photos with superspecies identification

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