NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Species

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Subgenus - Lycaena (Epidemia)
  Genus - Lycaena
  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

      Subspecies - Lycaena dorcas claytoni
      Subspecies - Lycaena dorcas michuron
      Subspecies - Lycaena dorcas dorcas
      Subspecies - Lycaena dorcas arcticus
      Subspecies - Lycaena dorcas florus
      Subspecies - Lycaena dorcas megaloceras
      Subspecies - Lycaena dorcas castro