Neoptera

Some butterflies, despite being neopter, have lost the ability to fold the wings in the course of their evolution.

The neoptera (Neoptera, from the Greek νεός neos, "new" and πτερος pteros, "wings"; "new wings") are a taxonomic grouping, sometimes considered as an infraclass, that includes almost all winged insects, specifically those that can lower their wings. wings on the abdomen, in contrast to those belonging to the Palaeoptera* group (Ephemeroptera and Odonata), whose wings remain unfolded when the insect is at rest. Some butterflies cannot fold their wings and keep them spread vertically on their bodies, but they clearly derive from ancestors capable of folding them.

Taxonomy

They are classified into two superorders and numerous orders:

Superorder Exopterygota (Hemipterodea)

• Order Blattodea
• Order Mantodea
• Order Zoraptera
• Order Dermaptera
• Order of Plecopier
• Orthoptera
• Order Phasmatodea
• Embioptera
• Order Notoptera
• Order Psocoptera
• Order Phthiraptera
• Order Hemiptera
• Order Thysanoptera

Superorder Endopterygota

• Order Miomoptera †
• Order Megaloptera
• Order Raphidioptera
• Neuroptera Order
• Coleoptera
• Order Strepsiptera
• Mecoptera
• Order Siphonaptera
• Order Protodiptera †
• Diptera Order
• Order Trichoptera
• Lepidoptera Order
• Hymenoptera

Phylogeny

A possible phylogenetic relationship according to recent molecular studies is the following: