Checklist for Superfamily Papilionoidea Latreille, 1802 (Butterflies)
and region Virginia Falls (Nahanni National Park Reserve, Northwest Territories, Canada)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 159
677
736 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 159
677
736 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 155
673
733 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 132
626
693 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths | 27
95
111 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths | 27
95
111 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
| 27
95
111 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Section
| Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
| 10
51
55 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subsection
| Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
| 9
33
34 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Papilionoidea
Latreille, 1802
Butterflies, Skippers, True butterflies | 4
11
10 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Virginia Falls
4 Families width 10 Species and 4 Subspecies
Genera for Virginia Falls
11 Genera with 10 Species | Acraea Fabricius, 1875 | Acraeas | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Agrias Doubleday, 1916 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Boloria Moore, 1794 | Lesser Fritillaries | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Castalius Hübner, 1865 | Common Pierrot | 1 | Species | Taxom | Colias Fabricius, 1807 | Clouded yellows | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Discophora Boisduval, 1902 | Duffers | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Everes Hübner, 1852 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Nymphalis Kluk, 1758 | Anglewing butterflies | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Papilio Linnaeus, 1777 | Chilasa | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Sarthusia Bethune-Baker, 1933 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Speyeria Scudder, 1878 | Fritillaries | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Virginia Falls
10 Species and 4 Subspecies | Acraea lygus Druce, 1875 | Lygus Acraea | | Agrias amydon tryphon Fruhstorfer, 1916 | | | Boloria (Clossiana) chariclea Schneider, 1794 | Arctic Fritillary | | Castalius mindarus Felder & Felder, 1865 | | | Discophora sondaica muscina Stichel, 1902 | | | Everes amyntula (Boisduval, 1852) | ⇒ Cupido amyntula Boisduval, 1852 | | Nymphalis (Nymphalis) antiopa Linnaeus, 1758 | Camberwell Beaty | | Papilio eumea Cramer, 1777 | | | Sarthusia sarthus ophion Hemming, 1933 | | | Speyeria mormonia arge Strecker, 1878 | |
Subnodes of Papilionoidea with occurrences in Virginia Falls | Family | Lycaenidae
Leach, 1815
Blue butterflies, Blues, Coppers, Gossamer-winged butterflies, Gossamers, Gossamerwings, Hairstreaks, Harvesters, Imperial Hairstreak butterflies | 3
3 | Genera
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 | 6
6 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Papilionidae
Latreille, 1802
Apollos, Parnassian Butterflies, Parnassians, Parnassians and Swallowtails, Swallotails, Swallowtail Butterflies, Swallowtail Butterfly, Swallowtails, Swallowtails and apollos, Swallowtails And Parnassians | 1
1 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Pieridae
Duponchel, 1835
Brimstones, Orange-tips, Orangetips, Sulfurs, Sulphurs, Tip butterflies, White butterflies, Whites, Yellow White Butterflies, Yellows | 1
0 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
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Links, sources and further information Papilionoidea at savebutterfly.com
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