Butterflies
Papilionoidea
The superfamily Papilionoidea (from the genus Papilio, meaning "butterfly") contains all the butterflies except for the moth-like Hedyloidea.
7 branches of this superfamily, most-observed first
Brush-footed Butterflies
familyNymphalidae
Gossamer-winged Butterflies
familyLycaenidae
Skippers
familyHesperiidae
Whites, Yellows, and Sulphurs
familyPieridae
Swallowtails and Parnassians
familyPapilionidae
Metalmark Butterflies
familyRiodinidae
American Moth-Butterflies
familyHedylidae
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 47224.