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Papilionoidea
Papilionoidea
Translingual
Proper noun
Papilionoidea
- A taxonomic superfamily within the order Lepidoptera – many diurnal butterflies.
Hypernyms
- (superfamily): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Protostomia - infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa - superphylum; Arthropoda - phylum; Hexapoda - subphylum; Insecta - class; Pterygota - subclass; Neoptera - infraclass; Holometabola - superorder; Lepidoptera - order; Glossata - suborder; Heteroneura - infraorder; Ditrysia - division; Cossina - section; Bombycina - subsection
Hyponyms
- (supeerfamily): Hesperiiformes, Papilioniformes - series