NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Species

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Genus - Speyeria
  Subtribe - Argynnina
  Tribe - Argynnini
  Subfamily - Heliconiinae
  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

      Subspecies - Speyeria aphrodite cullasaja
      Subspecies - Speyeria aphrodite aphrodite
      Subspecies - Speyeria aphrodite alcestis
      Subspecies - Speyeria aphrodite ethne
      Subspecies - Speyeria aphrodite byblis
      Subspecies - Speyeria aphrodite columbia
      Subspecies - Speyeria aphrodite whitehousei
      Subspecies - Speyeria aphrodite manitoba
      Subspecies - Speyeria aphrodite winni