Harlequin | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Riodinidae |
Subfamily: | Nemeobiinae |
Tribe: | Nemeobiini |
Subtribe: | Abisarina |
Genus: | Taxila Doubleday, 1847 |
Species: | T. haquinus |
Binomial name | |
Taxila haquinus (Guerin, 1843) | |
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