Translingual

Lycaena thetis, family: Lycaenidae (male specimen of a fiery copper). Bolkar Mts., Turkey.

Proper noun

Lycaenidae

1. A taxonomic family within the series Papilioniformes – the gossamer-winged 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; Papilioniformes - series

Hyponyms

• (family): Curetinae, Lycaeninae, Miletinae, Polyommatinae, Poritiinae, Theclinae - subfamilies
  • For the very numerous genera see Lycaenidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies