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 hesperis irene
      Subspecies - Speyeria hesperis hanseni
      Subspecies - Speyeria hesperis cottlei
      Subspecies - Speyeria hesperis dodgei
      Subspecies - Speyeria hesperis elko
      Subspecies - Speyeria hesperis greyi
      Subspecies - Speyeria hesperis chitone
      Subspecies - Speyeria hesperis schellbachi
      Subspecies - Speyeria hesperis tetonia
      Subspecies - Speyeria hesperis viola
      Subspecies - Speyeria hesperis hutchinsi
      Subspecies - Speyeria hesperis brico
      Subspecies - Speyeria hesperis beani
      Subspecies - Speyeria hesperis helena
      Subspecies - Speyeria hesperis lurana
      Subspecies - Speyeria hesperis hesperis
      Subspecies - Speyeria hesperis ratonensis
      Subspecies - Speyeria hesperis electa
      Subspecies - Speyeria hesperis dorothea
      Subspecies - Speyeria hesperis capitanensis
      Subspecies - Speyeria hesperis nausicaa