Lycaenidae

family of insects
Taxon taxon Q158717
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Lycaenidae

Summary

Lycaenidae is a taxon[1]. Lycaenidae ranks in the top 0.79% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,512 views/month, #1,541 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Lycaenidae's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Lycaenidae is classified at the rank of family[4].
  • Lycaenidae is classified within Papilionoidea[5].
  • Lycaenidae's scientific name is Lycaenidae[6].
  • Lycaenidae's Commons category is recorded as Lycaenidae[7].
  • Lycaenidae's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Lycaenidae[8].
  • Lycaenidae's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[9].
  • Lycaenidae's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[10].
  • Lycaenidae is commonly known as modráskovití[11].
  • Lycaenidae is commonly known as Blåfugle[12].
  • Lycaenidae is commonly known as Bläulinge[13].
  • Lycaenidae is commonly known as Gossamer-winged butterflies[14].
  • Lycaenidae is commonly known as Sinisiivet[15].
  • Lycaenidae is commonly known as Boglárkák[16].
  • Lycaenidae is commonly known as シジミチョウ科[17].
  • Lycaenidae is commonly known as 부전나빗과[18].
  • Lycaenidae is commonly known as Melsviai[19].
  • Lycaenidae is commonly known as Modraszkowate[20].
  • Lycaenidae is commonly known as Голубянки[21].
  • Lycaenidae is commonly known as Juvelvingar[22].
  • Lycaenidae is commonly known as Họ Bướm xanh[23].
  • Lycaenidae is commonly known as 灰蝶科[24].
  • Lycaenidae is commonly known as Blauwtjes en vuurvlinders[25].
  • Lycaenidae is commonly known as бакарци[26].
  • Lycaenidae is commonly known as glansvinger[27].

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Classification

Lycaenidae's scientific name is Lycaenidae[6]. Lycaenidae is classified at the rank of family[4]. Lycaenidae is classified within Papilionoidea[5]. Recorded taxon common name include modráskovití[11], Blåfugle[12], Bläulinge[13], Gossamer-winged butterflies[14], Sinisiivet[15], and Boglárkák[16].

Identifiers

Lycaenidae's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 47923[28]. Lycaenidae's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 27544[29]. Lycaenidae's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 855[30]. Lycaenidae's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5473[31]. Lycaenidae's ITIS TSN is recorded as 117236[32].

Why It Matters

Lycaenidae ranks in the top 0.79% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,512 views/month, #1,541 of 195,241).[2] Lycaenidae has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] Lycaenidae is known by 54 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  27. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [33] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [34] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 29d ago · Putnik · 2026-09-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija id → melsviai
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P7666]]: melsviai"
  2. 9w ago · Andre Engels · 2026-08-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Salzburgwiki id → 90138
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P8854]]: 90138, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/102088349|Bläulinge (#102088349)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/3987|Salzburgwiki – Taxons]] "
  3. 19w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Parent taxon → Papilionoidea
    This zoological name is coordinate with → Lycaenoidea, Lycaeninae, Lycaenini
    Taxon rank → family
    Instance of → taxon
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007541049305171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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