Papilionoidea

The superfamily Papilionoidea (from the genus Papilio, meaning "butterfly") has all the butterflies except for the skippers, which are in the superfamily Hesperioidea, and the  moth-like Hedyloidea.  

Families of Papilionoidea
The six families of Papilionoidea are:
Swallowtails and Birdwings, Papilionidae
Whites or Yellow-Whites, Pieridae
Blues and Coppers or Gossamer-Winged Butterflies, Lycaenidae
Metalmark butterflies, Riodinidae
Hesperiidae, skippers
Brush-footed butterflies, Nymphalidae which contain the following 13 subfamilies:
 the snout butterflies or Libytheinae (formerly the family Libytheidae).
 the Danaids or Danainae (formerly the family Danaidae).
 the Tellervinae.
 the glasswings or Ithomiinae.
 the Calinaginae.
 the morphos and owls or Morphinae (including the owls as tribe Brassolini).
 the Browns or Satyrinae (formerly the family Satyridae).
 the Charaxinae (preponas and leaf butterflies).
 the Biblidinae.
 the Apaturinae.
 the nymphs or Nymphalinae.
 the Limenitidinae (especially the adelphas) (formerly the family Limenitididae).
 the tropical longwings or Heliconiinae.

Category:Butterflies