Family Lycaenidae Leach 1815 (gossamer-winged butterfly)
Insecta - Lepidoptera - Lycaenidae
Parent taxon: Papilionoidea according to J. C. Sohn et al. 2012
See also Carpenter 1992 and van Nieukerken et al. 2011
Sister taxa: Archaeolycorea, Hesperiidae, Lithopsyche, Nymphalidae, Papilionidae, Pieridae, Riodinidae, Stolopsyche
Subtaxa: Aquisextana Lycaenites
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