NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Species

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Subgenus - Euphydryas (Euphydryas)
  Genus - Euphydryas
  Subtribe - Euphydryina
  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

      Subspecies - Euphydryas colon sperryi
      Subspecies - Euphydryas colon colon
      Subspecies - Euphydryas colon svilhae
      Subspecies - Euphydryas colon wallacensis
      Subspecies - Euphydryas colon nevadensis
      Subspecies - Euphydryas colon paradoxa