List of higher virus taxa


 * This is a list of biological virus upper-level taxa. See also Comparison of computer viruses

This is an alphabetical list of biological virus higher taxa. It includes those taxa above family, ranging from realm to suborder, that are included in the ICTV's 2020 taxonomy release.

For a list of individual species, see List of virus species.

For a list of virus genera, see List of genera of viruses.

For a list of family-level viral taxa, see List of virus families and subfamilies.

Realms

 * Adnaviria
 * Duplodnaviria
 * Monodnaviria
 * Riboviria
 * Ribozyviria
 * Varidnaviria

Kingdoms

 * Bamfordvirae
 * Heunggongvirae
 * Helvetiavirae
 * Loebvirae
 * Orthornavirae
 * Pararnavirae
 * Sangervirae
 * Shotokuvirae
 * Trapavirae
 * Zilligvirae

Phyla

 * Artverviricota
 * Cossaviricota
 * Cressdnaviricota
 * Dividoviricota
 * Duplornaviricota
 * Hofneiviricota
 * Kitrinoviricota
 * Lenarviricota
 * Negarnaviricota
 * Nucleocytoviricota
 * Peploviricota
 * Phixviricota
 * Pisuviricota
 * Preplasmiviricota
 * Saleviricota
 * Taleaviricota
 * Uroviricota

Subphyla

 * Haploviricotina
 * Polyploviricotina

Classes

 * Alsuviricetes
 * Amabiliviricetes
 * Arfiviricetes
 * Caudoviricetes
 * Chrymotiviricetes
 * Chunqiuviricetes
 * Duplopiviricetes
 * Ellioviricetes
 * Faserviricetes
 * Flasuviricetes
 * Herviviricetes
 * Howeltoviricetes
 * Huolimaviricetes
 * Insthoviricetes
 * Laserviricetes
 * Leviviricetes
 * Malgrandaviricetes
 * Magsaviricetes
 * Maveriviricetes
 * Megaviricetes
 * Miaviricetes
 * Milneviricetes
 * Monjiviricetes
 * Mouviricetes
 * Naldaviricetes
 * Papovaviricetes
 * Pisoniviricetes
 * Pokkesviricetes
 * Polintoviricetes
 * Quintoviricetes
 * Repensiviricetes
 * Resentoviricetes
 * Revtraviricetes
 * Stelpaviricetes
 * Tectiliviricetes
 * Tokiviricetes
 * Tolucaviricetes
 * Vidaverviricetes
 * Yunchangviricetes

Orders

 * Algavirales
 * Amarillovirales
 * Articulavirales
 * Asfuvirales
 * Baphyvirales
 * Belfryvirales
 * Blubervirales
 * Bunyavirales
 * Caudovirales
 * Chitovirales
 * Cirlivirales
 * Cremevirales
 * Cryppavirales
 * Durnavirales
 * Geplafuvirales
 * Ghabrivirales
 * Goujianvirales
 * Halopanivirales
 * Haloruvirales
 * Hepelivirales
 * Herpesvirales
 * Imitervirales
 * Jingchuvirales
 * Kalamavirales
 * Lefavirales
 * Ligamenvirales
 * Martellivirales
 * Mindivirales
 * Mononegavirales
 * Mulpavirales
 * Muvirales
 * Nidovirales
 * Nodamuvirales
 * Norzivirales
 * Ortervirales
 * Orthopolintovirales
 * Ourlivirales
 * Patatavirales
 * Petitvirales
 * Piccovirales
 * Picornavirales
 * Pimascovirales
 * Polivirales
 * Priklausovirales
 * Primavirales
 * Recrevirales
 * Reovirales
 * Rowavirales
 * Sepolyvirales
 * Serpentovirales
 * Sobelivirales
 * Stellavirales
 * Timlovirales
 * Tolivirales
 * Tubulavirales
 * Tymovirales
 * Vinavirales
 * Wolframvirales
 * Zurhausenvirales

Suborders

 * Abnidovirineae
 * Arnidovirineae
 * Cornidovirineae
 * Mesnidovirineae
 * Monidovirineae
 * Nanidovirineae
 * Ronidovirineae
 * Tornidovirineae