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Checklist for Superfamily Papilionoidea Latreille, 1802 (Butterflies)
and region Shafter (Elko County, Nevada, USA)


Class
 		Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects		40
82
87		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 		Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects		40
82
87		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 		Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects		36
74
79		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 		Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects		25
51
56		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Order
 		Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths		12
20
21		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 		Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths		12
20
21		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 		Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
12
20
21		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Section
 		Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
7
12
13		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 		Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
6
11
12		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 		Papilionoidea
Latreille, 1802
Butterflies, Skippers, True butterflies		3
5
5		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 


List of families for Shafter (Elko County)
3 Families width 5 Species and 1 Subspecies
Pieridae Duponchel, 1835Brimstones2SpeciesTaxom
Nymphalidae Rafinesque, 1815Admirals1SpeciesTaxom
Lycaenidae Leach, 1815Blue butterflies2SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Shafter (Elko County)
5 Genera with 5 Species
Abaeis Hübner, 1779Grass yellow1SpeciesTaxom
Antirrhea Hübner, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Echinargus Nabokov, 18671SpeciesTaxom
Nathalis Boisduval, 18361SpeciesTaxom
Strymon Hübner, 1818Scrub-Hairstreaks1SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Shafter (Elko County)
5 Species and 1 Subspecies
Abaeis nicippe Cramer, 1779Black Bordered Orange
Antirrhea philoctetes philoctetes Linnaeus, 1758
Echinargus isola (Reakirt, 1867)⇒ Habrodais poodiae J.W. Brown &..., 1982
Nathalis iole Boisduval, 1836Dainty sulfur
Strymon melinus Hübner, 1818Common hairstreak

Subnodes of Papilionoidea with occurrences in Shafter (Elko County)
FamilyLycaenidae
Leach, 1815
Blue butterflies, Blues, Coppers, Gossamer-winged butterflies, Gossamers, Gossamerwings, Hairstreaks, Harvesters, Imperial Hairstreak butterflies		2
2		Genera
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		1
1		Genus
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