Eulepidoptera
Eulepidoptera is a division of lepidopterans in the infraorder Heteroneura.
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Clade: | Neolepidoptera |
| Infraorder: | Heteroneura |
| Clade: | Eulepidoptera Kiriakoff, 1948[1] |
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About 98% of described species of Lepidoptera belong to Ditrysia.
See also
- Taxonomy of Lepidoptera
References
- A classification of the Lepidoptera and related groups with some remarks on taxonomy. SG Kiriakoff, Biologisch Jaarboek, 1948
- Van Nieukerken, E.J. et al. 2011: Order Lepidoptera Linnaeus, 1758. In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (ed.) 2011: Animal biodiversity: an outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness. Zootaxa, 3148: 212–221
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