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    Life → Domain → Kingdom → Phylum → Class → Order → Family → Genus → Species. Explore the principal ranks; intermediate clades remain in Advanced classification.

    “Obtectomera” is a clade between the main ranks. Inspect its full lineage.

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    NCBI Taxonomy · November 5, 2026. Missing ranks leave empty columns. Animalia is the recorded synonym of Metazoa; green plants use Viridiplantae. Full source ancestry is available in Advanced classification.

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    Lepidoptera

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    moths & butterflies

    1. LifeLife
    2. DomainEukaryota
    3. KingdomAnimalia
    4. PhylumArthropoda
    5. ClassInsecta
    6. OrderLepidoptera
    Advanced classification

    Complete source lineage, including intermediate ranks. The standard view uses Life and the eight principal ranks.

    1. cellular organisms cellular root
    2. Eukaryota domain
    3. Opisthokonta clade
    4. Metazoa kingdom
    5. Eumetazoa clade
    6. Bilateria clade
    7. Protostomia clade
    8. Ecdysozoa clade
    9. Panarthropoda clade
    10. Arthropoda phylum
    11. Mandibulata clade
    12. Pancrustacea clade
    13. Altocrustacea clade
    14. Allotriocarida clade
    15. Hexapoda subphylum
    16. Insecta class
    17. Dicondylia clade
    18. Pterygota subclass
    19. Neoptera infraclass
    20. Eumetabola clade
    21. Endopterygota cohort
    22. Aparaglossata clade
    23. Panorpida clade
    24. Amphiesmenoptera superorder
    25. Lepidoptera order

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