RHOPALOCERA
(butterflies)

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ID refs
HESPERIOIDEA
skipper butterflies
Superfamily 4 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
SuborderRHOPALOCERA (butterflies)
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)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Newland, D., Still, R., Swash, A. & Tomlinson, D. 2015 Britain’s Butterflies WILDGuides, Third edition, 240pp, Princeton University Press

RHOPALOCERA (butterflies) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for RHOPALOCERA (butterflies)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for RHOPALOCERA (butterflies)
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