Apoditrysia
(butterflies and most moths)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
images		 No of
ID refs
ALUCITOIDEA
many-plume moths
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 		Superfamily 1 subtaxa 17 images 2 ident. refs
CHOREUTOIDEA
a superfamily of moths
Superfamily 1 subtaxa 15 images
CHOREUTIDAE
twitcher micro-moths
Family 1 subtaxa 15 images
CHOREUTINAE
twitcher moths
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 		Subfamily 1 subtaxa 15 images
COSSOIDEA
goat and leopard moths
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 		Superfamily 5 subtaxa 42 images 4 ident. refs
Obtectomera
butterflies and most moths
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 		Clade 462 subtaxa 4,571 images 177 ident. refs
PTEROPHOROIDEA
plume moths
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 		Superfamily 9 subtaxa 41 images 5 ident. refs
SCHRECKENSTEINIOIDEA
a superfamily of moths
Superfamily 1 subtaxa 1 ident. refs
TORTRICOIDEA
cochylid and tortrix moths
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 		Superfamily 64 subtaxa 468 images 15 ident. refs
ZYGAENOIDEA
burnets and foresters
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 		Superfamily 8 subtaxa 85 images 7 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
CladeApoditrysia (butterflies and most moths)
InfraorderDitrysia (butterflies and most moths)
InfraorderHeteroneura (an infraorder of moths and 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)

Apoditrysia (butterflies and most moths) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 849 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Apoditrysia (butterflies and most moths)
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