Eulepidoptera

Clade of insects

Eulepidoptera
Kamehameha
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Clade: Neolepidoptera
Infraorder: Heteroneura
Clade: Eulepidoptera
Kiriakoff, 1948[1]
Subdivisions
  • Incurvariina
    • Superfamily Andesianoidea
    • Superfamily Adeloidea
  • Etimonotrysia
    • Superfamily Palaephatoidea
    • Superfamily Tischerioidea
  • Ditrysia
    • 29 superfamilies

Eulepidoptera is a division of lepidopterans in the infraorder Heteroneura.

About 98% of described species of Lepidoptera belong to Ditrysia.

See also

  • Taxonomy of Lepidoptera

References

  1. ^ A classification of the Lepidoptera and related groups with some remarks on taxonomy. SG Kiriakoff, Biologisch Jaarboek, 1948
  • Van Nieukerken, E.J. et al. 2011: Order Lepidoptera Linnaeus, 1758. In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (ed.) 2011: Animal biodiversity: an outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness. Zootaxa, 3148: 212–221

External links

  • Data related to Eulepidoptera at Wikispecies
Taxon identifiers
Eulepidoptera


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