Kingdom Animalia Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
   Phylum Arthropoda Siebold, 1848 - arthropods
     Subphylum Hexapoda Latreille, 1825 see Epiclass Hexapoda Latreille, 1825
       Class Insecta Linnaeus, 1758 - insects
         Order Lepidoptera Linnaeus, 1758 - butterflies, moths
           Suborder Glossata Fabricius, 1775
             Clade Coelolepida Nielsen & Kristensen, 1996
               Clade Myoglossata Kristensen & Nielsen, 1981
                 Clade Neolepidoptera Packard, 1895
                   Infraorder Heteroneura Tillyard, 1918
                     Clade Eulepidoptera Kiriakoff, 1948
                       Clade Ditrysia Börner, 1925
                         Clade Apoditrysia Minet, 1983
                           Clade Obtectomera Minet, 1986
                             1 Superfamily Whalleyanoidea Minet, 1991 [monotypic]
                             2 Superfamily Thyridoidea Herrich-Schäffer, 1846 [monotypic]
                             3 Superfamily Hyblaeoidea Hampson, 1903 [monotypic]
                             4 Superfamily Calliduloidea Moore, 1877 [monotypic]
                             5 Superfamily Papilionoidea Latreille, 1802
                             6 Superfamily Pyraloidea Latreille, 1809
                             7 Superfamily Mimallonoidea Burmeister, 1878 [monotypic]
                             8 Clade Macroheterocera Chapman, 1893