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.
Papilioniformes (Series) P.A. Latreille, [1802]	Ref: J.B. Heppner, 1998b

Historical positions

Papilionoidea (Superfamily) Latreille, 1802	Ref: E.J. van Nieukerken et al., 2011: 216.
Papilionoidea (Superfamily) Latreille, 1802	Ref: G. Lamas, 2008: 69.
Papilionoidea (Superfamily) Latreille, 1802	Ref: N.P. Kristensen et al., 2007: 745.
Papilioniformes (Series) P.A. Latreille, [1802]	Ref: J.B. Heppner, 1998b: 59.
Lepidoptera (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: O. Shields, 1989: 180.
Papilionoidea (Superfamily) Latreille, 1802	Ref: E.G. Munroe, 1982: 634-635.
Ditrysia (Suborder) Börner, 1925	Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979: 599.
Papilionoidea (Superfamily) Latreille, 1802	Ref: P. Smart, 1989 (1975): 16, 114-159, 260. [implicit]
Heteroneura (Suborder) Tillyard, 1918	Ref: B. Grzimek, 1973-1975

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	34g;44s;27ss; †2g
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 12 Sep 2013	[34g; †2g]
2011	E.J. van Nieukerken et al.: 216	32[29]g;570[566]s; †3g;4s
2005	G. Beccaloni et al.: Feb 2005	[36[35]g[; †1g]]
1998b	J.B. Heppner: 59	[3sf]
1989	O. Shields: 180	566s
1989	O. Shields: 180	566s
1982	E.G. Munroe	25g;>500s
1989 (1975)	P. Smart	[28g];~700s