NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Genus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness: partial
Latest Record Review: 2009

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Tribe - Lycaenini
  Subfamily - Lycaeninae
  Family - Lycaenidae
  Superfamily - Papilionoidea
  Order - Lepidoptera
  Superorder - Holometabola
  Infraclass - Neoptera
  Subclass - Pterygota
  Class - Insecta
  Subphylum - Hexapoda
  Phylum - Arthropoda
  Superphylum - Ecdysozoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Subgenus - Lycaena (Lycaena)
      Subgenus - Lycaena (Tharsalea)
      Subgenus - Lycaena (Hermelycaena)
      Subgenus - Lycaena (Chalceria)
      Subgenus - Lycaena (Epidemia)