Kingdom Animalia Clade Neolepidoptera Higher classification Neolepidoptera | Phylum Arthropoda Scientific name Heteroneura Rank Infraorder | |
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Lower classifications Noctuidae, Limacodidae, Arctiinae, Ditrysia, Lasiocampidae | ||
Heteroneura is a natural group (or clade) in the insect order Lepidoptera that comprises over 99% of all butterflies and moths. This is the sister group of the infraorder Exoporia (swift moths and their relatives), and is characterised by wing venation which is not similar or homoneurous in both pairs of wings.
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