| Regno | Plantae |
| Sottoregno | Tracheobionta |
| Superdivisione | Spermatophyta |
| Divisione | Magnoliophyta |
| Classe | Liliopsida |
| Ordine | Asparagales |
| Famiglia | Orchidaceae |
| Sottofamiglia | Orchidoideae |
| Genere | Ophrys |
| Specie | Ophrys insectifera |
Ophrys insectifera bears small flowers with a narrow maroon lip resembling a fly, pollinated by male digger wasps through sexual deception. A slender tuberous terrestrial of European woodland margins and calcareous grassland, growing cool and dormant in summer.