PAPILIONOIDEA
(butterflies)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
images		 No of
ID refs
HESPERIIDAE
skippers
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 		Family 6 subtaxa 63 images 4 ident. refs
LYCAENIDAE
blues, coppers and hairstreaks
Female (Click to open)
 		Family 18 subtaxa 142 images 25 ident. refs
NYMPHALIDAE
brown, fritillary and vanessid butterflies
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 		Family 29 subtaxa 411 images 32 ident. refs
PIERIDAE
white butterflies, brimstones, and orange-tips
Female (Click to open)
 		Family 8 subtaxa 204 images 4 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
SuperfamilyPAPILIONOIDEA (butterflies)
SuborderGLOSSATA (a suborder of moths)
OrderLEPIDOPTERA (butterflies and moths)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Coombes, S. Captain’s European Butterfly Guide www.butterfly-guide.co.uk/
Eeles, P. UK Butterflies www.ukbutterflies.co.uk
Emmet, A.M., Langmaid, J. & Heath J. 1989 Hesperiidae to Nymphalidae (the butterflies) (vol 7(1)) The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland, Vol 7 (Part 1), Harley Books
Sandars, E. 1939 A Butterfly Book for the Pocket
Settele, J.. Shreeve, T., Konvicka, M. & van Dyck, H. (eds) 2009 Ecology of Butterflies in Europe Cambridge University Press
() South, R. 1906 The Butterflies of the British Isles The Wayside and Woodland Series, 210pp, Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd.
Stokoe, W.J. The Observer’s Book of Butterflies Observer's Books, No 3, 191pp, Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd.
() Thomas, J. & Lewington, R. 1991 The Butterflies of Britain & Ireland 224pp, Dorling Kindersley

Caterpillars

Carter, D.J. 1979 *** The Observer’s Book of Caterpillars ***(Superseded) Observer's Books, No 79, 159pp, Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd.

Microscopy

Pierce, F.N., Beirne, B.P. 1975 The Genitalia of the Rhopalocera and the larger British Moths Reprint edition, 74+21 platespp, E. W. Classey

PAPILIONOIDEA (butterflies) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for PAPILIONOIDEA (butterflies)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 103 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for PAPILIONOIDEA (butterflies)
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