Lycaeides melissa
(karner blue)

Scientific names for Aves taxonomy (family and below) are from The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World, Princeton University Press, copyright 2003. Used by permission.

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  Kingdom Animalia (animals)
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  Eumetazoa (metazoans)
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  Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
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  Protostomia (protostomes)
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  Ecdysozoa
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  Phylum Arthropoda (crustaceans, insects, spiders, and relatives)
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  Uniramia
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  Subphylum Hexapoda
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  Class Insecta (insects)
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  Subclass Pterygota (winged insects)
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  Superorder Neoptera
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  Holometabola
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  Order Lepidoptera (butterflies, butterflies and moths, and moths)
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  Suborder Macrolepidoptera
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  Superfamily Papilionoidea (butterflies)
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  Family Lycaenidae (blues, coppers, coppers, hairstreaks, and blues (butterflies), gossamer-winged butterflies, hairstreaks, and harvesters)
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  Genus Lycaeides
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  Species Lycaeides melissa (karner blue)