LYCAENIDAE
(blues, coppers and hairstreaks)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
images		 No of
ID refs
Hamearis lucina
Duke Of Burgundy, Duke Of Burgundy Fritillary
Species 3 ident. refs
LYCAENINAE
copper butterflies
Subfamily 3 subtaxa 25 images 5 ident. refs
Lycaenini
copper butterflies
Tribe 3 subtaxa 25 images 5 ident. refs
Lycaena
copper butterflies
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 		Genus 3 subtaxa 25 images 5 ident. refs
POLYOMMATINAE
blue butterflies
Female (Click to open)
 		Subfamily 11 subtaxa 79 images 14 ident. refs
THECLINAE
hairstreak butterflies
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 		Subfamily 3 subtaxa 38 images 3 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilyLYCAENIDAE (blues, coppers and hairstreaks)
SuperfamilyPAPILIONOIDEA (butterflies)
SuborderGLOSSATA (a suborder of moths)
OrderLEPIDOPTERA (butterflies and moths)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

LYCAENIDAE (blues, coppers and hairstreaks) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for LYCAENIDAE (blues, coppers and hairstreaks)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 30 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for LYCAENIDAE (blues, coppers and hairstreaks)
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