Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Arthropoda - (Class) Insecta - (Order) Lepidoptera

Current position

Papilionoidea (Superfamily) Latreille, 1802

Ref: E.J. van Nieukerken et al., 2011: 216.

Alternative positions

Ditrysia (Suborder) Börner, 1925	Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979: 599.
Hesperiiformes (Series)	Ref: J.B. Heppner, 1998b
Hesperioidea (Superfamily) Latreille, 1809	Ref: A.D. Warren et al., 2008: Table 1 (p. 644).

Historical positions

Papilionoidea (Superfamily) Latreille, 1802	Ref: E.J. van Nieukerken et al., 2011: 216.
Hesperioidea (Superfamily) Latreille, 1809	Ref: A.D. Warren et al., 2008: 642, 664, Table 1 (p. 644).
Hesperioidea (Superfamily) Latreille, 1809	Ref: A.D. Warren et al., 2008: Table 1 (p. 644).
Hesperioidea (Superfamily) Latreille, 1809	Ref: G. Lamas, 2008: 69.
Hesperioidea (Superfamily) Latreille, 1809	Ref: N.P. Kristensen et al., 2007: 745.
Hesperiiformes (Series)	Ref: J.B. Heppner, 1998b: 59.
Lepidoptera (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: O. Shields, 1989: 180.
Hesperioidea (Superfamily) Latreille, 1809	Ref: E.G. Munroe, 1982: 634.
Ditrysia (Suborder) Börner, 1925	Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979: 599.
Heteroneura (Suborder) Tillyard, 1918	Ref: B. Grzimek, 1973-1975
Hesperoidea (Superfamily) nom. null.	Ref: P. Smart, 1989 (1975): 16, 110-113, 260. [implicit]

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	565g;174s;49ss; †2g
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 15 Jun 2013	[565g; †2g]
2011	E.J. van Nieukerken et al.: 216	570[568]g;4113[4111]s; †2g;2s
2008	A.D. Warren et al.: 670	[565g; †2g]
2005	G. Beccaloni et al.: Feb 2005	[535g]
1998b	J.B. Heppner: 59	[7sf]
1989	O. Shields: 180	3592s
1982	E.G. Munroe	500g;>3000s