• Animals (Kingdom Animalia)

• Arthropods (Phylum Arthropoda)

• Hexapods (Subphylum Hexapoda)

• Insects (Class Insecta)

• Winged and Once-winged Insects (Subclass Pterygota)

• Butterflies and Moths (Order Lepidoptera)

• Butterflies (Superfamily Papilionoidea)

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Superfamily Papilionoidea is the principal superfamily of butterflies within the order Lepidoptera, encompassing nearly all of the world's true butterfly species. Members of this group are characterized by their slender bodies, large often brightly coloured wings covered with microscopic scales, clubbed antennae, and predominantly diurnal (day-active) behaviour.