Suborder Macrolepidoptera

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Scientific names for Aves taxonomy (family and below) are from The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World, Princeton University Press, copyright 2003. Used by permission.

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  Order Lepidoptera (butterflies, butterflies and moths, and moths)
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  Suborder Macrolepidoptera
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  Superfamily Bombycoidea
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  Family Apatelodidae (apatelodod moths)
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  Family Bombycidae (lappet moths and silkworm moths)
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  Family Lasiocampidae (tent caterpillar moths and tent caterpillars)
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  Family Saturniidae (giant silkworm moths and royal moths)
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  Superfamily Drepanoidea
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  Family Drepanidae (drepanids and hook-tip moths)
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  Family Thyatiridae (thyatirid moths)
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  Superfamily Geometroidea
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  Family Geometridae (cankerworms, geometers, and measuringworms)
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  Superfamily Hesperioidea
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  Family Hesperiidae (skippers)
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  Family Megathymidae (giant skippers)
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  Superfamily Mimallonoidea
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  Family Mimallonidae (sack-bearers)
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  Superfamily Noctuoidea
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  Family Agaristidae (forester moths)
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  Family Arctiidae (footman moths and tiger moths)
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  Family Ctenuchidae (ctenuchas, scape moths, and wasp moths)
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  Family Dioptidae (oakworms)
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  Family Liparidae (tussock moths)
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  Family Lymantriidae
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  Family Manidiidae (manidiid moths)
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  Family Noctuidae (cutworms, dagger moths, noctuid moths, owlet moths, and underwings)
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  Family Nolidae (nolid moths)
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  Family Notodontidae (prominent moths)
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  Family Pericopidae (pericopid moths)
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  Superfamily Papilionoidea (butterflies)
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  Family Danaidae (milkweed butterflies)
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  Family Heliconiidae (heliconians)
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  Family Libytheidae (snout butterflies)
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  Family Lycaenidae (blues, coppers, coppers, hairstreaks, and blues (butterflies), gossamer-winged butterflies, hairstreaks, and harvesters)
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  Family Nymphalidae (admirals, anglewings, brush-footed butterflies, checker-spots, crescent-spots, fritillaries, mourningclocks, and purples)
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  Family Papilionidae (swallowtail butterflies)
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  Family Parnassiidae (parnissians)
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  Family Pieridae (orange-tips, sulphurs, whites, and whites and sulphurs)
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  Family Riodinidae (metalmarks)
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  Family Satyridae (satyrs, wood nymphs, and wood nymphs and satyrs (butterflies))
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  Superfamily Sphingoidea
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  Family Sphingidae (hawk moths, hornworms, and sphinx moths)
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  Superfamily Uranioidea
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  Family Epiplemidae (epiplemid moths)