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Taxon: Family Lycaenidae Leach, 1815 - gossamer-winged 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 Papilioniformes P.A. Latreille, [1802] see Superfamily Papilionoidea Latreille, 1802
                   Family Lycaenidae Leach, 1815 - gossamer-winged butterflies
                     1 Subfamily Lipteninae see Subfamily Poritiinae Doherty, 1886
                     2 Subfamily Poritiinae Doherty, 1886
                     3 Subfamily Liphyrinae see Tribe Liphyrini Doherty, 1889
                     4 Subfamily Miletinae Reuter, 1896 (1886)
                     5 Subfamily Curetinae Distant, 1884
                     6 Subfamily Lycaeninae Leach, 1815
                     7 Subfamily Theclinae Swainson, 1830 (1820)
                     8 Subfamily Polyommatinae Swainson, 1827

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