''Tetraviridae'' was a family of

virus A virus is a submicroscopic infectious agent that replicates only inside the living cells of an organism. Viruses infect all life forms, from animals and plants to microorganisms, including bacteria and archaea. Since Dmitri Ivanovsk ...

es named due to its members having T=4 symmetry and infecting

butterflies Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The group comprises ...

and

moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...

s. The family was dissolved in 2011 due to genetic differences and replaced with three families, each of which still contain the name ''tetraviridae'': *''

Alphatetraviridae ''Alphatetraviridae'' is a family of viruses. Moths and butterflies serve as natural hosts. There are two genera in the family. Infection outcome varies from unapparent to lethal. Taxonomy The following genera are assigned to the family: *''Be ...

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Carmotetraviridae ''Carmotetraviridae'' is a family of positive-strand RNA viruses. There is only one genus in this family, ''Alphacarmotetravirus'', which has one species: ''Providence virus''. Lepidopteran insects serve as natural hosts. Structure Viruses in ' ...

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Permutotetraviridae ''Permutotetraviridae'' is a family of viruses A virus is a submicroscopic infectious agent that replicates only inside the living cells of an organism. Viruses infect all life forms, from animals and plants to microorganisms, inclu ...

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