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

  Subtribe - Phyciodina
  Tribe - Melitaeini
  Subfamily - Nymphalinae
  Family - Nymphalidae
  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

      Species - Phyciodes tharos
      Species - Phyciodes graphica
      Species - Phyciodes picta
      Species - Phyciodes orseis
      Species - Phyciodes pallida
      Species - Phyciodes mylitta
      Species - Phyciodes phaon
      Species - Phyciodes cocyta
      Species - Phyciodes batesii
      Species - Phyciodes pulchella