Species list, Checklist of Superfamily Papilionoidea (Butterflies) for Sand Creek (Decatur County, Indiana, USA)

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Flies	Isopods
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Checklist for Superfamily Papilionoidea Latreille, 1802 (Butterflies)
and region Sand Creek (Decatur County, Indiana, USA)

Class	Insecta Linnaeus, 1758 Insects, True insects	33 62 69	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Pterygota Lang, 1888 Winged insects	33 62 69	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraclass	Neoptera van der Wulp, 1890 Modern Wing-folding insects	24 45 48	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Holometabola Heider, 1889 Holometabolous Insects	22 43 47	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Lepidoptera Linnaeus, 1758 Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths	9 20 22	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Glossata Fabricius, 1775 Modern butterflies and moths	9 20 22	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraorder	Heteroneura Tillyard, 1918	9 20 22	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Section	Cossina Herrich-Schäffer, 1856	7 17 19	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subsection	Bombyces Scopoli, 1763	7 17 19	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Papilionoidea Latreille, 1802 Butterflies, Skippers, True butterflies	3 6 7	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for Sand Creek (Decatur County Indiana)
3 Families width 7 Species and 1 Subspecies

Pieridae Duponchel, 1835	Brimstones	3	Species	Taxom
Lycaenidae (Leach, 1815)	Blue butterflies	1	Species	Taxom
Nymphalidae (Rafinesque, 1815)	Admirals	3	Species	Taxom

Genera for Sand Creek (Decatur County Indiana)
6 Genera with 7 Species

Colias Fabricius, 1852	Clouded yellows	1	Species	Taxom
Lycaeides Hübner, 1873		1	Species	Taxom
Nepheronia Butler, 1775	Vagrants	1	Species	Taxom
Phyciodes Hübner, 1773	Crescents	2	Species	Taxom
Speyeria Scudder, 1787	Fritillaries	1	Species	Taxom
Zerene Hübner, 1790	Dogfaces	1	Species	Taxom

Species list for Sand Creek (Decatur County Indiana)
7 Species and 1 Subspecies

Colias eurytheme Boisduval, 1852	Alfalfa Butterfly
Lycaeides melissa (Edwards, 1873)	⇒ Plebejus melissa Edwards, 1873
Nepheronia argia argia Fabricius, 1775
Phyciodes batesii Reakirt, 1865	Dark Crescent
Phyciodes tharos Drury, 1773	Early Pearly Crescentspot
Speyeria aphrodite (Fabricius, 1787)	⇒ Argynnis aphrodite Fabricius, 1787
Zerene cesonia Stoll, 1790	Dog face

Subnodes of Papilionoidea with occurrences in Sand Creek (Decatur County Indiana)

Family	Lycaenidae Leach, 1815 Blue butterflies, Blues, Coppers, Gossamer-winged butterflies, Gossamers, Gossamerwings, Hairstreaks, Harvesters, Imperial Hairstreak butterflies	1 1	Genus Species	Taxom
Family	Nymphalidae 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	2 3	Genera Species	Taxom
Family	Pieridae Duponchel, 1835 Brimstones, Orange-tips, Orangetips, Sulfurs, Sulphurs, Tip butterflies, White butterflies, Whites, Yellow White Butterflies, Yellows	3 3	Genera Species	Taxom

Links, sources and further information

Papilionoidea at savebutterfly.com
Papilionoidea at artfakta.se
Papilionoidea at dyntaxa.se
Papilionoidea at itis.gov