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Taxon: Family Hesperiidae Latreille, 1809 - skipper butterflies (butterfly)
Classification by:

[Order] Lepidoptera Linnaeus, 1758 - butterflies, moths
   Suborder Glossata Fabricius, 1775
     Cohort Myoglossata Kristensen & Nielsen, 1981 see [unranked] Myoglossata Kristensen & Nielsen, 1981
       Infraorder Heteroneura Tillyard, 1918
         Division Ditrysia Börner, 1925 see [unranked] Ditrysia Börner, 1925
           Section Cossina
             Subsection Bombycina
               Superfamily Papilionoidea Latreille, 1802
                 Series Hesperiiformes [monotypic] see Superfamily Hesperioidea Latreille, 1809
                   Family Hesperiidae Latreille, 1809 - skipper butterflies
                     1 Subfamily Megathyminae Comstock & Comstock, 1895
                     2 Subfamily Coeliadinae Evans, 1937 (1934)
                     3 Subfamily Pyrrhopyginae Mabille, 1877
                     4 Subfamily Pyrginae Burmeister, 1878
                     5 Subfamily Trapezitinae Waterhouse & Lyell, 1914
                     6 Subfamily Heteropterinae Aurivillius, 1925 (1879)
                     7 Subfamily Hesperiinae Latreille, 1809

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