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Checklist for Superfamily Papilionoidea Latreille, 1802 (Butterflies)
and region Grenada (Grenada County, Mississippi, USA)


Class
 		Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects		41
87
95		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 		Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects		40
86
94		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 		Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects		36
80
88		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 		Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects		28
65
70		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Order
 		Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths		11
23
25		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 		Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths		11
23
25		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 		Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
11
23
25		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Section
 		Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
6
14
16		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 		Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
6
14
16		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 		Papilionoidea
Latreille, 1802
Butterflies, Skippers, True butterflies		3
6
7		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 


List of families for Grenada (Grenada County)
3 Families width 7 Species and 1 Subspecies
Nymphalidae Rafinesque, 1815Admirals4SpeciesTaxom
Lycaenidae Leach, 1815Blue butterflies1SpeciesTaxom
Pieridae (Duponchel, 1835)Brimstones2SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Grenada (Grenada County)
6 Genera with 7 Species
Agraulis Boisduval & ..., 17581SpeciesTaxom
Danaus Kluk, 1758Milkweeds2SpeciesTaxom
Hemiargus Hübner, 17931SpeciesTaxom
Hypolimnas Hübner, 1869Diadems1SpeciesTaxom
Phoebis Hübner, 1758Sulphurs1SpeciesTaxom
Pyrisitia Butler, 1830Grass yellow1SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Grenada (Grenada County)
7 Species and 1 Subspecies
Agraulis vanillae Linnaeus, 1758Gulf Fritillary
Danaus (Anosia) gilippus Cramer, 1775Berenice Butterfly
Danaus (Danaus) plexippus Linnaeus, 1758Black Weined Brown
Hemiargus ceraunus Fabricius, 1793Antillean Blue
Hypolimnas anomala anomala Wallace, 1869Malayan Egg-fly
Phoebis sennae Linnaeus, 1758Cloudless giant sulphur
Pyrisitia lisa (Boisduval & ..., 1830)⇒ Eurema lisa Boisduval & ..., 1833

Subnodes of Papilionoidea with occurrences in Grenada (Grenada County)
FamilyLycaenidae
Leach, 1815
Blue butterflies, Blues, Coppers, Gossamer-winged butterflies, Gossamers, Gossamerwings, Hairstreaks, Harvesters, Imperial Hairstreak butterflies		1
1		Genus
Species
Taxom

FamilyNymphalidae
Rafinesque, 1815
Admirals, Anglewings, Browns, Brush Footed Butterflies, Brush-footed butterflies, Brush-Footed Butterfly, Brushfoot butterflies, Brushfooted Butterflies, Checker-spots, Crescent-spots, Four-footed butterflies, Fritillaries, Mourningclocks, Nymphalids, Purples		3
4		Genera
Species
Taxom

FamilyPieridae
Duponchel, 1835
Brimstones, Orange-tips, Orangetips, Sulfurs, Sulphurs, Tip butterflies, White butterflies, Whites, Yellow White Butterflies, Yellows		2
2		Genera
Species
Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Papilionoidea at savebutterfly.com
Papilionoidea at artfakta.se
Papilionoidea at dyntaxa.se
Papilionoidea at itis.gov