The Elapoidea are a superfamily of snakes in the clade Colubroides, traditionally comprising the families Lamprophiidae and Elapidae.

Advanced genomic sequence studies, however, have found lamprophiids to be paraphyletic in respect to elapids, and anywhere between four and nine families are now recognized.

[9][7] Molecular studies suggest a rapid radiation of this superfamily within the Eocene, with all families diverging from one another by the end of the epoch.

Although studies have found conflicting results, Cyclocoridae is generally considered the most basal member of the superfamily.

[7] Below is the phylogeny of Elapoidea after Weinell et al. (2017), with the interrelations of Elapid after Lee et al. (2016)[4] and Figueroa et al. (2016):[5] Prosymnidae Buhoma Pseudaspidinae Psammophiinae Pseudoxyrhophiinae Micrelapiinae Psammodynastiinae Lamprophiinae Calliophiinae Micrurinae Najinae Bungarinae Elapsoidea Hydrophiinae Cyclocorinae Atractaspidinae An alternative phylogeny was found by Das et al. (2023) and Das et al. (2024), subsuming many families into subfamilies of Lamprophiidae:[7][10] Cyclocoridae Psammodynastidae Elapidae Micrelapidae Pseudoxyrhophiinae Psammophiinae Atractaspidinae Pseudaspininae Prosymninae Lamprophiinae Families and subfamilies:[8][11]