There are many families of butterfly. See the scientific classification below:
Kingdom:
Phylum:
Class:
Order:
Superfamily:
Superfamily:
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All butterflies are in the same order, Lepidoptera, but butterflies are classified in different genus groups. Some genus examples are Polyommatus, Nymphalis californica and Euphydryas aurinia.
A 'Butterfly' is any insect belonging to the Order Lepidoptera, of which there are many separate families and species. Kingdom - Animalia Phylum - Arthropoda Class - Insecta Order - Lepidoptera
A butterfly with orange and black stripes.
The Monarch butterfly is categorised as follows... Kingdom - Animalia Phylum - Arthropoda Class - Insecta Order - Lepidoptera Family - Nymphalidae Tribe - Daniani Genus - Danaus Species - D. plexippus
Order: Diptera Family: Muscidae Genus: Musca Species: domestica
Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species and Domain
kingdom: animalia phylum: arthropoda class: Insecta family: nymphalidae genus: euphydryas species: euphydryas phaeton
family
The classification of organisms from general to specific goes: Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species. Therefor, two species the same Genus MUST be members of the same Family. However, a Family may consist of several different Genus, so species in the same Family are not necessarily members of the same Genus.
kingdom phylum class order family genus species
The tamarins are from the family Callitrichidae in the genus Saguinus.
The genus species for a caterpillar will vary depending on the type of caterpillar. For example, the Buck Moth caterpillar is the genus type Hemileuca.