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There are many families of butterfly. See the scientific classification below:

Kingdom:

  • Animalia

Phylum:

  • Arthropoda

Class:

  • Insecta

Order:

  • Lepidoptera

Superfamily:

  • Hedyloidea
Family:
  • Hedylidae

Superfamily:

  • Hesperioidea

Family:

  • Hesperiidae
Superfamily:
  • Papilionoidea

Family:

  • Papilionidae
  • Pieridae
  • Nymphalidae
  • Lycaenidae
  • Riodinidae
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