The PEDIGREE of
Superfamily Papilionoidea (True butterflies)

 "Child(ren)":       Family Nymphalidae (Brush-footed butterflies)   ;   Papilionidae (swallowtails : birdwings)   ;   Pieridae (yellow-whites)   ;   Lycaenidae (gossamer-winged)   ;   Riodinidae (metalmark)
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/-- Subphylum Tetraconata   +====> [ 80]
/   / or: Superclass Panhexapoda in Infraphylum Atelocerata
/-- Epiclass Hexapoda
/-- Class Insecta
/-- Subclass Pterygota (winged insects)
/-- Infraclass Neoptera
/-- Superorder Endopterygota
/-- Supraorder Mercopteroidae (Flies, Moths, etc.)
/-- Order Lepidoptera (Moths & Butterflies)
/-- Suborder Glossata
/-- Infraorder Heteroneura
/-- Parvorder/Division Ditrysia
/-- Microorder Apoditrysia
/-- Phalanx Obtectomera
/-- Section Macrolepidoptera
/-- Subsection Rhopalocera (Butterflies)
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- Superfamily Papilionoidea (True butterflies)
 

 
  ``4-Great Grandchild:''       Monarch Butterfly
 

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