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Taxon: Superfamily Papilionoidea Latreille, 1802 (butterfly)
Classification by:

living organisms see Clade Biota Wagner 2004 [Wiemann, de Queiroz, Rowe, Planavsky, Anderson, Gogarten, Turner & Gauthier 2020]
   Superkingdom Eukaryotae see Domain Eukaryota Chatton, 1925
     Kingdom Animalia Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
       Subkingdom Eumetazoa Butschli, 1910 see [unranked] Eumetazoa Bütschli, 1910
         Phylum Arthropoda Siebold, 1848 - arthropods
           Subphylum Uniramia Snodgrass, 1935 see Phylum Arthropoda Siebold, 1848
             Class Insecta Linnaeus, 1758 - insects
               Subclass Pterygota Lang, 1888 - winged insects see Infraclass Pterygota Lang, 1888
                 Infraclass Neoptera Martynov, 1923 - modern, wing-folding insects see Division Neoptera Martynov, 1923
                   Superorder Holometabola - holometabolans see Subdivision Endopterygota Sharp, 1899
                     Order Lepidoptera Linnaeus, 1758 - butterflies, moths
                       Suborder Ditrysia Börner, 1925 see [unranked] Ditrysia Börner, 1925
                         Superfamily Papilionoidea Latreille, 1802
                           01 Family Papilionidae Latreille, 1802 - swallowtail butterflies
                           02 Family Pieridae Swainson, 1820 - yellow-white butterflies
                           03 Family Lycaenidae Leach, 1815 - gossamer-winged butterflies
                           04 Family Riodinidae Grote, 1895 (1827) - metalmark butterflies
                           05 Family Libytheidae Boisduval, 1833 - snout butterflies see Subfamily Libytheinae Boisduval, 1833
                           06 Family Ithomiidae see Subfamily Ithomiinae Godman & Salvin, 1879
                           07 Family Danaidae [J.A.] Boisduval, [1833] see Subfamily Danainae Boisduval, 1833
                           08 Family Satyridae Boisduval, 1833 see Subfamily Satyrinae Boisduval, 1833
                           09 Family Brassolidae see Tribe Brassolini Boisduval, 1836
                           10 Family Morphidae see Tribe Morphini Newman, 1834
                           11 Family Amathusiidae see Tribe Amathusiini Moore, 1894
                           12 Family Nymphalidae Rafinesque, 1815 - brush-footed butterflies
                           13 Family Acraeidae see Subfamily Acraeinae

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