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Rhopalocera
(butterflies)
Life
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Opisthokonta >
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Arthopoda > Mandibulata >
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Hexapoda
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Metapterygota > Neoptera > Eumetabola > Holometabola > Panorpida >
Amphiesmenoptera > Lepidoptera (moths
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Heteroneura > Ditrysia >
Apoditrysia > Obtectomera >
Macrolepidoptera
Butterflies fall within the superfamilies Hesperioidea and
Papilionoidea of the insect order Lepidoptera, the remaining superfamilies in
this order consisting of moths.
Classification of groups encountered in southern Africa
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