Ditrysia

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{{Taxobox | color = pink | name = Ditrysia | image = Kamehamehabutterfly2.jpg | image_width = 200px | image_caption = Kamehameha | regnum = Animalia | phylum = Arthropoda | classis = Insecta | ordo = Lepidoptera | subordo = Ditrysia | subdivision_ranks = Families | subdivision = See Lepidoptera. }}

The Ditrysia are a suborder of Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths). They are so named because the female has two distinct sexual openings: one for mating, and the other for laying eggs. Most species of Lepidoptera belong to Ditrysia.

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