Hamearis lucina (Linnaeus, 1758)
(Duke Of Burgundy, Duke Of Burgundy Fritillary)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesHamearis lucina (Duke Of Burgundy, Duke Of Burgundy Fritillary)
FamilyLYCAENIDAE (blues, coppers and hairstreaks)
SuperfamilyPAPILIONOIDEA (butterflies)
SuborderGLOSSATA (a suborder of moths)
OrderLEPIDOPTERA (butterflies and moths)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Brereton, T., Roy, D., & Greatorex-Davies, N. 2006 Thirty Years and Counting - the contribution to conservation and ecology of butterfly-monitoring in the UK British Wildlife Vol 17, No. 3: 162-170.
Revels, R. 2006 Female Duke of Burgundy egg-laying Vol 27, No 3 Page: 203
Sterry, P. 2007 mating Duke of Burgundy butterflies Vol 18, No 6 Page: Front cover

Hamearis lucina (Duke Of Burgundy, Duke Of Burgundy Fritillary) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Hamearis lucina (Duke Of Burgundy, Duke Of Burgundy Fritillary)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Hamearis lucina (Duke Of Burgundy, Duke Of Burgundy Fritillary)
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