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Hesperiiformes
Hesperiiformes
Translingual
Proper noun
Hesperiiformes
- A taxonomic series within the superfamily Papilionoidea – the skipper butterflies.
Hypernyms
- (superfamily): 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
Hyponyms
- (superfamily): Hesperiidae the only family