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  • KingdomAnimaliaanimals
    • Animalia: information (1)
    • Animalia: pictures (20673)
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      • Eumetazoa: pictures (20647)
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        • Bilateria: pictures (20513)
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                  • OrderLepidoptera
                    • Lepidoptera: information (1)
                    • Lepidoptera: pictures (2626)
                    • Lepidoptera: specimens (104)
                    • SuperfamilyPapilionoidea
                      • Papilionoidea: pictures (695)
                      • Papilionoidea: specimens (104)
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                        • Lycaenidae: pictures (139)
                        • Lycaenidae: specimens (31)
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                        • Nymphalidae: pictures (353)
                        • Nymphalidae: specimens (49)
                      • FamilyPapilionidae
                        • Papilionidae: pictures (153)
                        • Papilionidae: specimens (24)
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                        • Pieridae: pictures (48)
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  • KingdomAnimaliaanimals
    Animalia: information (1)Animalia: pictures (20673)Animalia: specimens (7109)Animalia: sounds (722)Animalia: maps (42)
  • ClassInsectainsects
    Insecta: information (1)Insecta: pictures (4548)Insecta: specimens (106)Insecta: sounds (13)
  • OrderLepidoptera
    Lepidoptera: information (1)Lepidoptera: pictures (2626)Lepidoptera: specimens (104)
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    Papilionoidea: pictures (695)Papilionoidea: specimens (104)

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To cite this page: Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2021. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed at https://animaldiversity.org.

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This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation Grants DRL 0089283, DRL 0628151, DUE 0633095, DRL 0918590, and DUE 1122742. Additional support has come from the Marisla Foundation, UM College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, Museum of Zoology, and Information and Technology Services.

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