HESPERIOIDEA
(skipper butterflies)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Superfamily	HESPERIOIDEA (skipper butterflies)
Suborder	RHOPALOCERA (butterflies)
Order	LEPIDOPTERA (butterflies and moths)
Division	Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
Infraclass	Neoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
Subclass	PTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
Class	INSECTA (true insects)
Subphylum	HEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
Phylum	ARTHROPODA (arthropods)
Superphylum	ECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
Clade	Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
Subkingdom	EUMETAZOA (metazoans)
Kingdom	ANIMALIA (animals)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

HESPERIOIDEA is also a member of:
Invertebrates - Invertebrates (via Arthropoda)

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Eeles, P.		UK Butterflies	www.ukbutterflies.co.uk
	Emmet, A.M., Langmaid, J. & Heath J.	1989	Hesperiidae to Nymphalidae (the butterflies) (vol 7(1))	The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland, Vol 7 (Part 1), Harley Books
	Stokoe, W.J.		The Observer’s Book of Butterflies	Observer's Books, No 3, 191pp, Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd.
Caterpillars
	Carter, D.J.	1979	* The Observer’s Book of Caterpillars *(Superseded)	Observer's Books, No 79, 159pp, Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd.

HESPERIOIDEA (skipper butterflies) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

RHOPALOCERA
(butterflies)

LEPIDOPTERA
(butterflies and moths)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for HESPERIOIDEA (skipper butterflies)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for HESPERIOIDEA (skipper butterflies)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

HESPERIOIDEA is also a member of:

Identification Works

Caterpillars

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