Thymelicus Hübner, [1819]
(a genus of skipper butterflies)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
images		 No of
ID refs
Thymelicus acteon
Lulworth Skipper
Species 1 ident. refs
Thymelicus sylvestris
Small Skipper
Female (Click to open)
 		Species 13 images
[Thymelicus lineola / sylvestris]
Essex / small skipper
Female (Click to open)
 		Informal 1 subtaxa 13 images
Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusThymelicus (a genus of skipper butterflies)
SubfamilyHESPERIINAE (a subfamily of butterflies)
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)

Thymelicus (a genus of skipper butterflies) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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