Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Hexapoda > Class Insecta

Lepidoptera Linnaeus, 1758

Rank: Order
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Acanthopteroctetoidea Davis, 1978
Adeloidea Bruand, 1850
Alucitoidea Leach, 1815
Bombycoidea Latreille, 1802
Carposinoidea Walsingham, 1897
Choreutoidea Stainton, 1858
Copromorphoidea Meyrick, 1928
Cossoidea Leach, 1815
Drepanoidea Boisduval, 1828
Epermenioidea Spuler, 1910
Eriocranioidea Rebel, 1901
Galacticoidea Minet, 1986
Gelechioidea Stainton, 1854
Geometroidea Leach, 1815
Gracillarioidea Stainton, 1854
Hepialoidea Stephens, 1829
Hesperioidea Latreille, 1809
Incurvarioidea Spuler, 1898
Lasiocampoidea Harris, 1841
Lepidopteraincertissedoidea
Micropterigoidea Herrich-Schäffer, 1855
Nepticuloidea Stainton, 1854
Noctuoidea Latreille, 1809
Papilionoidea Latreille, 1802
Pterophoroidea Latreille, 1802
Pyraloidea Latreille, 1809
Schreckensteinioidea Fletcher, 1929
Thyridoidea Herrich-Schäffer, 1846
Tineoidea Latreille, 1810
Tischerioidea Spuler, 1898
Tortricoidea Latreille, 1802
Urodoidea Kyrki, 1988
Yponomeutoidea Stephens, 1829
Zygaenoidea Latreille, 1809

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 English-United States: butterflies and moths sources: Charles Hussey
 Swedish: fjärilar
 Ukrainian: Метелики

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Taxonomic Coordinator. Lepidoptera Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=7

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2003-12-17 by Taxonomic Coordinator

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