List of higher virus taxa
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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 2025 taxonomy release.[1]

- This is a list of biological virus upper-level taxa. See also Comparison of computer viruses
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
Kingdoms
Phyla and subphyla
Phyla
- Ambiviricota
- Artimaviricota
- Artverviricota
- Calorviricota
- Commensaviricota
- Cossaviricota
- Cressdnaviricota
- Dividoviricota
- Duplornaviricota
- Hofneiviricota
- Kitrinoviricota
- Lenarviricota
- Negarnaviricota
- Nucleocytoviricota
- Peploviricota
- Phixviricota
- Pisuviricota
- Preplasmiviricota
- Produgelaviricota
- Saleviricota
- Taleaviricota
- Uroviricota
Subphyla
- Haploviricotina
- Polisuviricotina
- Polyploviricotina
- Prepoliviricotina
Classes
- Ainoaviricetes
- Alsuviricetes
- Amabiliviricetes
- Aquintoviricetes
- Arfiviricetes
- Belvinaviricetes
- Bunyaviricetes
- Caminiviricetes
- Cardeaviricetes
- Caudoviricetes
- Chrymotiviricetes
- Chunqiuviricetes
- Duplopiviricetes
- Faserviricetes
- Flasuviricetes
- Furtirnaviricetes
- Herviviricetes
- Howeltoviricetes
- Huolimaviricetes
- Insthoviricetes
- Laserviricetes
- Leviviricetes
- Magsaviricetes
- Megaviricetes
- Miaviricetes
- Microviricetes
- Milneviricetes
- Monjiviricetes
- Mouviricetes
- Mriyaviricetes
- Mycopleornaviricetes
- Naldaviricetes
- Orpoviricetes
- Papovaviricetes
- Pharingeaviricetes
- Pisoniviricetes
- Pokkesviricetes
- Polintoviricetes
- Quintoviricetes
- Repensiviricetes
- Resentoviricetes
- Revtraviricetes
- Stelpaviricetes
- Suforviricetes
- Tectiliviricetes
- Tokiviricetes
- Tolucaviricetes
- Vidaverviricetes
- Virophaviricetes
- Yunchangviricetes
Orders and suborders
Orders
- Adrikavirales
- Ageovirales
- Algavirales
- Alpavirales
- Amarillovirales
- Amoyvirales
- Amphintovirales
- Archintovirales
- Articulavirales
- Asfuvirales
- Atroposvirales
- Autographivirales
- Baphyvirales
- Belfryvirales
- Blubervirales
- Bormycovirales
- Bullavirales
- Chitovirales
- Cirlivirales
- Coyopavirales
- Crassvirales
- Cremevirales
- Cryppavirales
- Crytulvirales
- Divaquavirales
- Divpevirales
- Ducavirales
- Durnavirales
- Elliovirales
- Formycovirales
- Geplafuvirales
- Ghabrivirales
- Gokushovirales
- Goujianvirales
- Grandevirales
- Gredzevirales
- Halopanivirales
- Haloruvirales
- Hareavirales
- Hepelivirales
- Herpesvirales
- Hypofuvirales
- Imitervirales
- Jingchuvirales
- Jormunvirales
- Juravirales
- Kalamavirales
- Kirjokansivirales
- Lautamovirales
- Lavidavirales
- Lefavirales
- Ligamenvirales
- Lineavirales
- Magrovirales
- Martellivirales
- Maximonvirales
- Metacrassvirales
- Methanobavirales
- Mindivirales
- Mividavirales
- Mononegavirales
- Mulpavirales
- Muvirales
- Naedrevirales
- Nakonvirales
- Nidovirales
- Nodamuvirales
- Norzivirales
- Ortervirales
- Ourlivirales
- Pantevenvirales
- Paracrassvirales
- Patatavirales
- Piccovirales
- Picornavirales
- Pimascovirales
- Polivirales
- Priklausovirales
- Primavirales
- Recrevirales
- Reekeekeevirales
- Reovirales
- Ringavirales
- Rivendellvirales
- Rohanvirales
- Roodoodoovirales
- Rowavirales
- Salinicovirales
- Sanitavirales
- Saturnivirales
- Secretvirales
- Sepolyvirales
- Sobelivirales
- Stellavirales
- Thumleimavirales
- Timlovirales
- Tolivirales
- Tombendovirales
- Tubulavirales
- Tymovirales
- Vinavirales
- Wolframvirales
- Xenadelphovirales
- Yadokarivirales
- Zurhausenvirales
Suborders
- Abnidovirineae
- Alphatotivirineae
- Arnidovirineae
- Betatotivirineae
- Cornidovirineae
- Gammatotivirineae
- Mesnidovirineae
- Monidovirineae
- Nanidovirineae
- Ocovirineae
- Orthomivirineae
- Paramivirineae
- Ronidovirineae
- Tornidovirineae