Papilionoidea

Papilionoidea
Kamehameha
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Suborder:	Ditrysia
(unranked):	Rhopalocera
Superfamily:	Papilionoidea Latreille, 1802
Families
Papilionidae Pieridae Nymphalidae Lycaenidae Riodinidae Hesperiidae

The superfamily Papilionoidea (from the genus Papilio, meaning "butterfly") has all the butterflies except for the skippers, which are in the superfamily Hesperioidea, and the moth-like Hedyloidea.

Families of Papilionoidea

The six families of Papilionoidea are:

• Swallowtails and Birdwings, Papilionidae
• Whites or Yellow-Whites, Pieridae
• Blues and Coppers or Gossamer-Winged Butterflies, Lycaenidae
• Metalmark butterflies, Riodinidae
• Hesperiidae, skippers
• Brush-footed butterflies, Nymphalidae which contain the following 13 subfamilies:
  • the snout butterflies or Libytheinae (formerly the family Libytheidae).
  • the Danaids or Danainae (formerly the family Danaidae).
  • the Tellervinae.
  • the glasswings or Ithomiinae.
  • the Calinaginae.
  • the morphos and owls or Morphinae (including the owls as tribe Brassolini).
  • the Browns or Satyrinae (formerly the family Satyridae).
  • the Charaxinae (preponas and leaf butterflies).
  • the Biblidinae.
  • the Apaturinae.
  • the nymphs or Nymphalinae.
  • the Limenitidinae (especially the adelphas) (formerly the family Limenitididae).
  • the tropical longwings or Heliconiinae.

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