Taxonavigation

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordines (5): Aglossata – †Eolepidopterigina – Glossata – Heterobathmiina – Zeugloptera

Suborder incertae sedis: †Archaeolepidae – †Mesokristenseniidae

Family incertae sedis: †Karataunia

Name

Lepidoptera Linnaeus, 1758

References

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• Zhang, W., Shih, C., Labandeira, C.C., Sohn, J.-C., Davis, D.R., Santiago-Blay, J.A., Flint, O., Ren, D. 2013. New fossil Lepidoptera (Insecta: Amphiesmenoptera) from the Middle Jurassic Jiulongshan Formation of northeastern China. PLoS ONE 8(11): e79500. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0079500 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

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