HESPERIIDAE
(skippers)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
images		 No of
ID refs
Erynnis tages
Dingy Skipper
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 		Species 12 images
HESPERIINAE
a subfamily of butterflies
Female (Click to open)
 		Subfamily 4 subtaxa 28 images 4 ident. refs
Pyrgus malvae
Grizzled Skipper
(Click to open)
 		Species 23 images
Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilyHESPERIIDAE (skippers)
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)

HESPERIIDAE (skippers) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for HESPERIIDAE (skippers)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 8 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for HESPERIIDAE (skippers)
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