List of virus families and subfamilies

- This is a list of biological virus families and subfamilies. See also Comparison of computer viruses
This is an alphabetical list of biological virus families and subfamilies; it includes those families and subfamilies listed by the ICTV 2024 report.[1]
- For a list of virus genera, see List of virus genera.
- For a list of virus realms, subrealms, kingdoms, subkingdoms, phyla, subphyla, classes, subclasses, orders, and suborders, see List of higher virus taxa.
Families
A
- Abyssoviridae
- Ackermannviridae
- Adamaviridae
- Adenoviridae
- Aggregaviridae
- Ahmunviridae
- Ahpuchviridae
- Aliceevansviridae
- Alisviridae
- Aliusviridae
- Alloherpesviridae
- Allomimiviridae
- Alphaflexiviridae
- Alphaormycoviridae
- Alphatetraviridae
- Alternaviridae
- Alvernaviridae
- Amalgaviridae
- Amesuviridae
- Amnoonviridae
- Ampullaviridae
- Anaerodiviridae
- Andersonviridae
- Anelloviridae
- Anicreviridae
- Aoguangviridae
- Apasviridae
- Arenaviridae
- Arenbergviridae
- Armatusviridae
- Arteriviridae
- Artiviridae
- Artoviridae
- Ascoviridae
- Asemoviridae
- Asfarviridae
- Aspiviridae
- Assiduviridae
- Astroviridae
- Atkinsviridae
- Autolykiviridae
- Autonotataviridae
- Autoscriptoviridae
- Autosignataviridae
- Autotranscriptaviridae
B
C
- Caliciviridae
- Carmotetraviridae
- Casidaviridae
- Casjensviridae
- Caulimoviridae
- Chaacviridae
- Chaseviridae
- Chimalliviridae
- Chiyouviridae
- Chrysoviridae
- Chuviridae
- Circoviridae
- Clavaviridae
- Clermontviridae
- Closteroviridae
- Colingsworthviridae
- Connertonviridae
- Coronaviridae
- Corticoviridae
- Cremegaviridae
- Crepuscuviridae
- Crevaviridae
- Cruliviridae
- Curvulaviridae
- Cystoviridae
D
E
- Ehrlichviridae
- Ekchuahviridae
- Endolinaviridae
- Endornaviridae
- Epsomviridae
- Eupolintoviridae
- Eurekaviridae
- Euroniviridae
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
- Lakviridae
- Lebotiviridae
- Leishbuviridae
- Leisingerviridae
- Lindbergviridae
- Lipothrixviridae
- Lispiviridae
- Ludisviridae
- Lutetiaviridae
M
- Madisaviridae
- Madridviridae
- Mahapunaviridae
- Malacoherpesviridae
- Mamonoviridae
- Marnaviridae
- Marseilleviridae
- Matonaviridae
- Matsushitaviridae
- Maviroviridae
- Mayoviridae
- Mazoviaviridae
- Medioniviridae
- Megabirnaviridae
- Megatotiviridae
- Mesomimiviridae
- Mesoniviridae
- Mestraviridae
- Mesyanzhinovviridae
- Metaviridae
- Metaxyviridae
- Microviridae
- Mimiviridae
- Mitoviridae
- Mktvariviridae
- Molycolviridae
- Monocitiviridae
- Mononiviridae
- Mycoalphaviridae
- Mymonaviridae
- Mypoviridae
- Myriaviridae
N
O
P
- Pachyviridae
- Pamosaviridae
- Papillomaviridae
- Paramyxoviridae
- Parnassusviridae
- Partitiviridae
- Parvoviridae
- Paulinoviridae
- Pecoviridae
- Peduoviridae
- Peribunyaviridae
- Permutotetraviridae
- Pervagoviridae
- Phasmaviridae
- Phenuiviridae
- Phlegiviridae
- Phycodnaviridae
- Phypoliviridae
- Picobirnaviridae
- Picornaviridae
- Pigerviridae
- Pistolviridae
- Pithoviridae
- Plasmaviridae
- Plectroviridae
- Pleolipoviridae
- Pneumoviridae
- Polycipiviridae
- Polymycoviridae
- Polyomaviridae
- Pootjesviridae
- Portogloboviridae
- Potyviridae
- Poxviridae
- Pseudototiviridae
- Pseudoviridae
- Pungoviridae
- Pyrstoviridae
Q
R
S
- Saffermanviridae
- Salasmaviridae
- Saparoviridae
- Sarkviridae
- Sarthroviridae
- Satyavativiridae
- Schitoviridae
- Schizomimiviridae
- Secoviridae
- Sedoreoviridae
- Shortaselviridae
- Simuloviridae
- Sinhaliviridae
- Skuldviridae
- Smacoviridae
- Soleiviridae
- Solemoviridae
- Solinviviridae
- Solspiviridae
- Soropartitiviridae
- Speroviridae
- Sphaerolipoviridae
- Spiciviridae
- Spinareoviridae
- Spiraviridae
- Splipalmiviridae
- Sputniviroviridae
- Stackebrandtviridae
- Stanwilliamsviridae
- Steigviridae
- Steitzviridae
- Straboviridae
- Sunviridae
- Suolaviridae
- Suoliviridae
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z
Subfamilies
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
- Hamaparvovirinae
- Heleneionescovirinae
- Hendrixvirinae
- Heptrevirinae
- Heroarterivirinae
- Hexponivirinae
- Humphriesvirinae
- Hyporhamsavirinae
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
- Sarlesvirinae
- Schenleyvirinae
- Sechaudvirinae
- Secondpapillomavirinae
- Sejongvirinae
- Sepvirinae
- Serpentovirinae
- Sescentorumvirinae
- Simarterivirinae
- Skoliovirinae
- Skryabinvirinae
- Skurskavirinae
- Slopekvirinae
- Spounavirinae
- Spumaretrovirinae
- Stanbaylleyvirinae
- Staniewskivirinae
- Stentvirinae
- Stephanstirmvirinae
- Studiervirinae
T
U
V
W
Z
See also
References
- ^ "Virus Taxonomy: 2024 Release". International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses. Retrieved 22 April 2025.