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Lepidoptera 
Taxonomic Serial No.: 117232

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Order  
  Synonym(s): Frenatae
 
    Macrolepidoptera
 
    Microlepidoptera
 
    Jugatae
 
  Common Name(s): butterflies [English]
  
    moths [English]
  
    papillons [French]
  
    papillons de nuit [French]
  
    Borboleta [Portuguese]
  
    Mariposa [Portuguese]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: partial   
  Latest Record Review: 2013   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomProtostomia   
          SuperphylumEcdysozoa   
             PhylumArthropoda  – Artrópode, arthropodes, arthropods  
                SubphylumHexapoda  – hexapods  
                   ClassInsecta  – insects, hexapoda, inseto, insectes  
                      SubclassPterygota  – insects ailés, winged insects  
                         InfraclassNeoptera  – modern, wing-folding insects  
                            SuperorderHolometabola   
                               OrderLepidoptera  – butterflies, moths, papillons, papillons de nuit, Borboleta, Mariposa  
    Direct Children:  
                                  SuperfamilyAcanthopteroctetoidea   
                                  SuperfamilyAlucitoidea   
                                  SuperfamilyBombycoidea   
                                  SuperfamilyChoreutoidea   
                                  SuperfamilyCopromorphoidea   
                                  SuperfamilyCossoidea   
                                  SuperfamilyDrepanoidea   
                                  SuperfamilyEpermenioidea   
                                  SuperfamilyEriocranioidea   
                                  SuperfamilyGalacticoidea   
                                  SuperfamilyGelechioidea   
                                  SuperfamilyGeometroidea   
                                  SuperfamilyGracillarioidea   
                                  SuperfamilyHepialoidea   
                                  SuperfamilyHesperioidea Latreille, 1809  
                                  SuperfamilyHyblaeoidea   
                                  SuperfamilyIncurvarioidea   
                                  SuperfamilyLasiocampoidea   
                                  SuperfamilyMicropterigoidea   
                                  SuperfamilyMimallonoidea   
                                  SuperfamilyNepticuloidea   
                                  SuperfamilyNoctuoidea Latreille, 1809  
                                  SuperfamilyPapilionoidea Latreille, 1802 – butterflies, papillons 
                                  SuperfamilyPterophoroidea   
                                  SuperfamilyPyraloidea   
                                  SuperfamilySchreckensteinioidea   
                                  SuperfamilySesioidea   
                                  SuperfamilyThyridoidea   
                                  SuperfamilyTineoidea   
                                  SuperfamilyTischerioidea   
                                  SuperfamilyTortricoidea   
                                  SuperfamilyUrodoidea   
                                  SuperfamilyYponomeutoidea   
                                  SuperfamilyZygaenoidea   
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Richard C. Brusca   
  Notes: Adjunct Professor, Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721   
  Reference for: Lepidoptera    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: ITIS*ca, website (version 2002)  
  Acquired: 2003   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: papillons[French], papillons de nuit [French]   
       
  Source: CRIA-Brazil, website (version 2002)  
  Acquired: 2003   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Borboleta[Portuguese], Mariposa [Portuguese]   
       
  Source: Check List of the Lepidoptera of North America... MS, database (version 2003)  
  Acquired: 2005   
  Notes: Ongoing developmental version with contributions by Don Lafontaine, Jean-François Landry, Jim Troubridge, Paul Opler, Ron Hodges, John Brown, et al. Higher classification does not yet reflect recent and substantial changes that have been published   
  Reference for: Lepidoptera   
       
  Source: ITIS & Species 2000 Catalogue of Life Management Hierarchy, document (version Animalia)  
  Acquired: 2013   
  Notes: M. Ruggiero & D. Gordon, eds. 2013. Consensus Management Hierarchy for the ITIS & Species2000 Catalogue of Life. Contributors: Nicolas Bailly, Thierry Bourgoin, Richard Brusca, Thomas Cavalier-Smith, Daphne Fautin, Dennis Gordon, Gerald Guala, Michael Guiry, Paul Kirk, Elliot Lefkowitz, David Mabberly, David Maddison, Alan Paton, Michael Ruggiero, Peter Stevens, and Brian Tyndall   
  Reference for: Lepidoptera   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Lepidoptera   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Brusca, Richard C., and Gary J. Brusca   
  Publication Date: 2002   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Invertebrates, Second Edition   
  Page(s): xx + 936   
  Publisher: Sinauer Associates, Inc.   
  Publication Place: Sunderland, Massachusetts, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-87893-097-3   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Lepidoptera   
       

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