Papilionoidea

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.

Papilionoidea
Kamehameha
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Suborder:
Ditrysia
(unranked):
Rhopalocera
Superfamily:
Papilionoidea

Latreille, 1802
Families

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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