Translingual

Proper noun

Hesperiidae

1. A taxonomic family within the order Lepidoptera – the skipper butterflies.

Hypernyms

• (family): Insecta - class; Dicondylia - clade; Pterygota - subclass; Metapterygota - clade; Neoptera - infraclass; Eumetabola, Endopterygota - clades; Panorpida - superorder; Amphiesmenoptera - clade; Lepidoptera - order; Glossata - suborder; Heteroneura - infraorder; Ditrysia - division; Cossina - section; Bombycina - subsection; Papilionoidea - superfamily; Hesperiiformes - series

Hyponyms

• (family): Coeliadinae, Hesperiinae, Heteropterinae, Megathyminae, Pyrginae, Pyrrhopyginae, Trapezitinae - subfamilies