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Hesperiidae

family of butterflies commonly called skippers
Taxon taxon Q232936

Facts

10 properties
Instance of
taxon
Described by source
Nordisk familjebok[6]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[18]
Parent taxon
Hesperioidea, Papilionoidea[2][3]
Taxon common name
Dikkopjes, smygere, hesperiid, skipper, فراشة نطاطة, warcabniki, powszelatki[8][9][10][11][12][13][14]
Taxon name
Hesperiidae[4]
Taxon rank
family[1]
Taxon synonym
Megathymidae[7]
Taxonomic type
Hesperia[5]
This zoological name is coordinate with
Hesperiinae, Hesperiini, Hesperioidea[15][16][17]
🏷️ Also known as
en Hesperiidae en kelolong en ulat kelolong ar فراشة نطاطة ar الواثبات ar فراشه نطاطه ar البرتقاليات ar فراشات نطاطة ar عائلة هسبيريدي ar فراشة قافزة cs soumračníkovití da Hesperiidae da Bredpandefamilien de Dickkopffalter de Hesperiidae el Hesperioidea el Hesperiidae en-gb Hesperiidae en-gb Skipper es Hesperioidea
🔖 Identifiers · 42
Library of Congress authority ID
sh85060492
GND ID
4272753-4
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Hesperia comma 02.JPG ↗
Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID
300310615
Australian Faunal Directory ID
Hesperiidae
BOLD Systems taxon ID
675
Belgian Species List ID
58425
BioLib taxon ID
17276
BugGuide taxon ID
189
Butterflies and Moths of North America ID
taxonomy/Hesperiidae
Catalogue of Life ID
6254D
Dyntaxa ID
2001250
Show all 42 identifiers +30
EBiodiversity ID
12535
EPPO Code
1HESPF
Encyclopedia of Life ID
836
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
animal/skipper-insect-Lepidoptera-order
Fauna Europaea ID
6882
Fauna Europaea New ID
52720f4e-a7db-4c09-8b30-bfa5bf44756c
Fossilworks taxon ID
134825
Freebase ID
/m/01z23l
GBIF taxon ID
6953
Great Aragonese Encyclopedia ID
6809
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
bredpanner
Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)
4195853
INaturalist taxon ID
47653, 320514
IRMNG ID
100982
ITIS TSN
117278
Insects (Insecta) of the World ID
91
Museum-digital tag ID
114795
NALT ID
21444
NBIC scientific name ID
46508
NBN System Key
NBNSYS0000050851
NCBI taxonomy ID
40093
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007558047605171
National Library of Latvia ID
000177969
Nederlands Soortenregister ID
168377
Open Tree of Life ID
336118
Plant Parasites of Europe ID
parasites/animalia/arthropoda/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/apoditrysia/macrolepidoptera/hesperiidae
Plazi ID
A85A87DE-DC2C-FFBE-25C5-FDBE1F69FCED, A85A87DE-DC32-FFA0-25C5-FE981E20F890
Topic's main category
Category:Hesperiidae, Wikidata item
UMLS CUI
C1082324
Yale LUX ID
concept/5e36a8b4-eb16-4cd8-92b8-314f33a91237

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🔗 Connections
← Parent taxon 95
Hesperiinae, Heteropterinae, Eudaminae, Pyrginae, Coeliadinae, Pachyneuria, Pellicia, Trapezitinae +87 more
This zoological name is coordinate with 2
Hesperiinae, Hesperiini
← Category combines topics 2
Category:Hesperiidae, Category:Coeliadinae
← This zoological name is coordinate with 2
Hesperiinae, Hesperiini
Described by source 1
Nordisk familjebok
Instance of 1
taxon
On focus list of Wikimedia project 1
Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
Parent taxon 1
Papilionoidea
Taxon rank 1
family
Taxonomic type 1
Hesperia
Topic's main category 1
Category:Hesperiidae
← Category's main topic 1
Category:Hesperiidae
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  1. [1] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [2] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  4. [4] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  8. [8] ↑ . Nederlands Soortenregister. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  13. [13] ↑ . Motyle i ćmy. wikidata.org.
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  1. 5d ago · MatSuBot bot · 2026-11-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 57
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  2. 23w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    On focus list of Wikimedia project → Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
    Taxon rank → family
    Instance of → taxon
    Taxon synonym → Megathymidae
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