Species list, Checklist of Superfamily Papilionoidea (Butterflies) for Caliente (Kern County, California, USA)

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Checklist for Superfamily Papilionoidea Latreille, 1802 (Butterflies)
and region Caliente (Kern County, California, USA)

Class	Insecta Linnaeus, 1758 Insects, True insects	31 58 80	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Pterygota Lang, 1888 Winged insects	31 58 80	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraclass	Neoptera van der Wulp, 1890 Modern Wing-folding insects	29 55 74	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Holometabola Heider, 1889 Holometabolous Insects	25 51 70	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Lepidoptera Linnaeus, 1758 Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths	13 23 28	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Glossata Fabricius, 1775 Modern butterflies and moths	13 23 28	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraorder	Heteroneura Tillyard, 1918	13 23 28	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Section	Cossina Herrich-Schäffer, 1856	9 18 21	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subsection	Bombyces Scopoli, 1763	8 17 21	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Papilionoidea Latreille, 1802 Butterflies, Skippers, True butterflies	3 6 8	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for Caliente (Kern County)
3 Families width 8 Species

Lycaenidae Leach, 1815	Blue butterflies	4	Species	Taxom
Nymphalidae Rafinesque, 1815	Admirals	1	Species	Taxom
Pieridae Duponchel, 1835	Brimstones	3	Species	Taxom

Genera for Caliente (Kern County)
6 Genera with 8 Species

Atlides Huebner, 1779		1	Species	Taxom
Cercyonis Scudder, 1852	Wood Nymphs	1	Species	Taxom
Colias Fabricius, 1852	Clouded yellows	1	Species	Taxom
Lycaena Fabricius, 1852	Boulder Copper	3	Species	Taxom
Nathalis Boisduval, 1836		1	Species	Taxom
Zerene Hübner, 1855	Dogfaces	1	Species	Taxom

Species list for Caliente (Kern County)
8 Species

Atlides halesus Cramer, 1779	Giant purple hairstreak
Cercyonis sthenele Boisduval, 1852	Great Basin Wood Nymph
Colias eurytheme Boisduval, 1852	Alfalfa Butterfly
Lycaena (Chalceria) heteronea Boisduval, 1852	Blue Copper
Lycaena (Chalceria) rubidus Behr, 1866	'White Mountains' Ruddy Copper
Lycaena (Epidemia) helloides Boisduval, 1852	Common purplish copper
Nathalis iole Boisduval, 1836	Dainty sulfur
Zerene eurydice Boisduval, 1855	California Dogface

Subnodes of Papilionoidea with occurrences in Caliente (Kern County)

Family	Lycaenidae Leach, 1815 Blue butterflies, Blues, Coppers, Gossamer-winged butterflies, Gossamers, Gossamerwings, Hairstreaks, Harvesters, Imperial Hairstreak butterflies	2 4	Genera Species	Taxom
Family	Nymphalidae Rafinesque, 1815 Admirals, Anglewings, Browns, Brush Footed Butterflies, Brush-footed butterflies, Brush-Footed Butterfly, Brushfoot butterflies, Brushfooted Butterflies, Checker-spots, Crescent-spots, Four-footed butterflies, Fritillaries, Mourningclocks, Nymphalids, Purples	1 1	Genus Species	Taxom
Family	Pieridae Duponchel, 1835 Brimstones, Orange-tips, Orangetips, Sulfurs, Sulphurs, Tip butterflies, White butterflies, Whites, Yellow White Butterflies, Yellows	3 3	Genera Species	Taxom

Links, sources and further information

Papilionoidea at savebutterfly.com
Papilionoidea at artfakta.se
Papilionoidea at dyntaxa.se
Papilionoidea at itis.gov