Taxonavigation
Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Lycaenidae
Subfamiliae (7):
Aphnaeinae –
Curetinae –
Lycaeninae –
Miletinae –
Polyommatinae –
Poritiinae –
Theclinae
Overview of genera (423)
Actizera –
Acupicta –
Acytolepis –
Aethiopana –
Agriades –
Ahlbergia –
Ahmetia –
Alaena –
Allosmaitia –
Allotinus –
Aloeides –
Amblopala –
Amblypodia –
Ancema –
Anthene –
Antigius –
Aphnaeus –
Apporasa –
Aquisextana –
Araotes –
Araragi –
Arawacus –
Arcas –
Archaeogerydus –
Argyraspodes –
Argyrocheila –
Argyrocupha –
Arhopala –
Aricia –
Arletta –
Arrhenothrix –
Artipe –
Artopoetes –
Aslauga –
Athamanthia –
Athysanota –
Atlides –
Aurea –
Austrozephyrus –
Axiocerses –
Azanus –
Baliochila –
Baspa –
Batelusia –
Bidaspa –
Biduanda –
Bindahara –
Boldenaria –
Bothrinia –
Bowkeria –
Brephidium –
Britomartis –
Bullis –
Cacyreus –
Caerulea –
Caleta –
Callicista –
Callictita –
Callophrys –
Calycopis –
Calystryma –
Candalides –
Castalius –
Catapaecilma –
Catochrysops –
Catopyrops –
Celastrina –
Cesa –
Chaetoprocta –
Chalybs –
Charana –
Cheritra –
Cheritrella –
Chilades –
Chliaria –
Chloroselas –
Chlorostrymon –
Chrysoritis –
Chrysozephyrus –
Cigaritis –
Citrinophila –
Cnodontes –
Contrafacia –
Cooksonia –
Cordelia –
Coreana –
Creon –
Crudaria –
Cupidesthes –
Cupido –
Cupidopsis –
Curetis –
Cyaniriodes –
Cyaniris –
Cyanophrys –
Cyclargus –
Cyprotides –
Dacalana –
Danis –
Dapidodigma –
Darasana –
Deloneura –
Deramas –
Deudorix –
Diopetes –
Discolampa –
Drina –
Drupadia –
Durbania –
Durbaniella –
Durbaniopsis –
Echinargus –
Eicochrysops –
Electrostrymon –
Elkalyce –
Eooxylides –
Epidemia –
Epimastidia –
Epitola –
Epitolina –
Eresina –
Eresinopsides –
Erikssonia –
Erina –
Erora –
Erysichton –
Esakiozephyrus –
Etesiolaus –
Euaspa –
Euchrysops –
Euliphyra –
Euliphyrodes –
Eumaeus –
Eumedonia –
Euphilotes –
Eupsychellus –
Euthecta –
Evenus –
Falcuna –
Famegana –
Favonius –
Feniseca –
Flos –
Freyeria –
Glaucopsyche –
Gonerilia –
Habrodais –
Harpendyreus –
Heliophorus –
Helleia –
Hemiargus –
Hemiolaus –
Heodes –
Hermelycaena –
Hewitsonia –
Horaga –
Howarthia –
Hyllolycaena –
Hypaurotis –
Hypochlorosis –
Hypochrysops –
Hypojamides –
Hypokopelates –
Hypolycaena –
Hypomyrina –
Hypophytala –
Hypostrymon –
Hypothecla –
Hyrcanana –
Hysudra –
Iaspis –
Icaricia –
Incisalia –
Iolana –
Iolaus –
Ionolyce –
Iophanus –
Ipidecla –
Iraota –
Iratsume –
Iridana –
Itylos –
Jacoona –
Jaera –
Jalmenus –
Jamides –
Japonica –
Keraunogramma –
Kopelates –
Kretania –
Lachnocnema –
Laeosopis –
Lampides –
Lamprospilus –
Larinopoda –
Lepidochrysops –
Leptomyrina –
Leptotes –
Lestranicus –
Leucantigius –
Liphyra –
Liptena –
Liptenara –
Logania –
Loweia –
Loxura –
Lucia –
Luthrodes –
Lycaena –
Lycaenesthes –
Lycaenopsis –
Lysandra –
Macusia –
Madeleinea –
Magnastigma –
Mahathala –
Maneca –
Manto –
Mantoides –
Megalopalpus –
Megisba –
Melanolycaena –
Micandra –
Michaelus –
Micropentila –
Microscena –
Miletus –
Mimacraea –
Mimeresia –
Ministrymon –
Mithras –
Mitoura –
Monodontides –
Mota –
Myrina –
Nabokovia –
Nacaduba –
Nadisepa –
Narathura –
Neaveia –
Neocheritra –
Neoepitola –
Neolucia –
Neolycaena –
Neomyrina –
Neopithecops –
Neozephyrus –
Nesiostrymon –
Nesolycaena –
Neurellipes –
Neurypexina –
Nilasera –
Niphanda –
Noreena –
Notarthrinus –
Oboronia –
Ocaria –
Oenomaus –
Ogyris –
Olynthus –
Oraidium –
Oreolyce –
Ornipholidotos –
Orthomiella –
Oxylides –
Paiwarria –
Palaeochrysophanus –
Palaeophilotes –
Pamela –
Panchala –
Panthiades –
Parachrysops –
Paraduba –
Paragerydus –
Paralucia –
Paralycaeides –
Parasiomera –
Paraslauga –
Parelodina –
Parrhasius –
Penaincisalia –
Pentila –
Pepliphorus –
Petrelaea –
Phaedrotes –
Phaeostrymon –
Phasis –
Phengaris –
Philiolaus –
Philiris –
Philotes –
Philotiella –
Phlyaria –
Phytala –
Pilodeudorix –
Pistoria –
Pithecops –
Plebejus –
Plebulina –
Podanotum –
Poecilmitis –
Polyommatus –
Poriskina –
Poritia –
Powellana –
Praephilotes –
Pratapa –
Prosotas –
Protantigius –
Pseudaletis –
Pseudalmenus –
Pseuderesia –
Pseudiolaus –
Pseudochliaria –
Pseudochrysops –
Pseudodipsas –
Pseudogyris –
Pseudolucia –
Pseudolycaena –
Pseudonacaduba –
Pseudoneaveia –
Pseudophilotes –
Pseudozizeeria –
Psychonotis –
Ptelina –
Ptox –
Purlisa –
Quercusia –
Rachana –
Rapala –
Rathinda –
Ravenna –
Rekoa –
Remelana –
Rhinelephas –
Ritra –
Rysops –
Sancterila –
Sandia –
Satadra –
Satyrium –
Scolitantides –
Semanga –
Sheffieldia –
Shijimia –
Shijimiaeoides –
Shirozua –
Siderus –
Sidima –
Simiskina –
Sinia –
Sinthusa –
Sithon –
Sospita –
Spalgis –
Stalachtis –
Stempfferia –
Strymon –
Stugeta –
Suasa –
Sukidion –
Surendra –
Symbiopsis –
Syrmoptera –
Tajuria –
Talicada –
Taraka –
Tarucus –
Telipna –
Teratoneura –
Teratozephyrus –
Teriomima –
Tetrarhanis –
Thaduka –
Thamala –
Tharsalea –
Thaumaina –
Thecla –
Theclinesthes –
Theclopsis –
Theorema –
Thereus –
Theritas –
Thermoniphas –
Thersamonia –
Thestius –
Thestor –
Thrix –
Ticherra –
Titea –
Tmolus –
Tomares –
Tongeia –
Toxochitona –
Trichonis –
Triclema –
Trimenia –
Tumerepedes –
Turanana –
Tylopaedia –
Udara –
Una –
Upolampes –
Uranobothria –
Uranothauma –
Ussuriana –
Vacciniina –
Vadebra –
Vaga –
Virachola –
Wagimo –
Xamia –
Yasoda –
Zarona –
Zeltus –
Zeritis –
Zesius –
Zetona –
Zinaspa –
Zintha –
Zizeeria –
Zizina –
Zizula
[source: Catalogue of Life: 2012 Annual Checklist (must be considered tentative)]
Name
Lycaenidae Leach, 1815.
References
Primary references
- Eliot, J.N. 1973. The higher classification of the Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera): a tentative arrangement. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), entomology 28(6): 371-505. Reference page.
- Leach, W.E. 1815. Entomology [pp. 57–172]. In: Brewster, D. (Ed). Brewster’s Edinburgh Encyclopedia. Volume IX [part I]. W. Blackwood, J. Waugh, etc., Edinburgh, 764 pp. BHL Reference page.
Selected references
- Bálint, Z. & Johnson, K. 1997. Reformation of the Polyommatus section with a taxonomic and biogeographic overview (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae, Polyommatini). Neue Entomologische Nachrichten 40: 1–68. PDF. Reference page.
- Bridges, C.A. 1994. Catalogue of the Family-Group, Genus-Group and Species-Group Names of the Riodinidae & Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera) of the World. Bridges, Urbana, Illinois. BHL Reference page.
- Espeland, M., Breinholt, J.W., Willmott, K.R., Warren, A.D., Vila, R., Toussaint, E.F.A., Maunsell, S.C., Aduse-Poku, K., Talavera, G., Eastwood, R., Jarzyna, M.A., Guralnick, R., Lohman, D.J., Pierce, N.E. & Kawahara, A.Y. 2018. A Comprehensive and Dated Phylogenomic Analysis of Butterflies. Current Biology 28(5): 770–778. DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2018.01.061 Reference page.
- Hemming, A. F., 1967. The generic names of the butterflies and their type species (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) 1967, Suppl. 9: 1-509.Reference page.
- Sáfián, S. & Collins, S.C. 2015. Establishment of a new genus for Eresiomera paradoxa (Schultze, 1917) and related taxa (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) with description of two new species. Zootaxa 4018(1): 124–136. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4018.1.7. Preview (PDF) Reference page.
- Stempffer, H. 1967. The genera of the African Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), entomology. Supplement 10: 322pp, 1pl. BHL Reference page.
Additional references
- Clench, H. K., 1971. Two new hairstreaks from Mexico (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Bull. Allyn Museum 3: 1–6. Full article: Reference page.
- Heikkilä, M., Kaila, L., Mutanen, M., Peña, C. & Wahlberg, N. 2011. Cretaceous origin and repeated tertiary diversification of the redefined butterflies. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 279(1731): 1093–1099. DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2011.1430 . Reference page.
- Hirowatari, T. 1992. A generic classification of the tribe Polyommatini of the Oriental and Australian regions (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae, Polyommatinae). Bulletin of the University of Osaka Prefecture (B) 44 (Suppl.) PDF. Reference page.
- Kerr, J.F.R., 1967: New records of Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera) in Australia and a description of a new subspecies. Australian Journal of Entomology 6 (1): 49–51. DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-6055.1967.tb02138.x. Full article: .
- Korb, S.K. 2018. On the blue butterfly taxa established by L.G. Courvoisier with the type locality “Narün” (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae). Zootaxa 4429(3): 589–594. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4429.3.11 Reference page.
- Macqueen, J., 1965: Notes on Australian Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera). Australian Journal of Entomology 4 (1): 56–57. DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-6055.1965.tb00648.x. Full article: .
- Matsumura, S., 1926. Some new and unrecorded Lycaenids-Species from Japan, Girca and Formosa. Ins. matsumur. 1(1): 23-31, pl 2. web. Reference page.
- Munguira, M.L., Martin, J., García-Barros, E., Shahbazian, G. & Cancela, J.P. 2015: Morphology and morphometry of Lycaenid eggs (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Zootaxa 3937(2): 201–247. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3937.2.1. Reference page.
- Murayama, S. & Okamura, H., 1973. Butterflies of Luzon island in the Philippines, with descriptions of new species and sub-species. Tyô to Ga 24(1): 10-25., 48 figs. Reference page.
- Rawlins, A. & Cassidy, A.C., 2022. An illustrated and annotated checklist of Pseudodipsas, Flos, Iraota, Ogyris and Drupadia taxa occurring in North Maluku and Maluku, Indonesia (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae), with notes on Drupadia theda in the Sulawesi Region. Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo, 43 (2): 104-112. Reference page.
- Schröder, H.G. & Treadaway, C. G. 1989. Zur Kenntnis philippinischer Lycaenidae, 5 (Lepidoptera). Entomologische Zeitschrift 99(19): 273–288, 7 figs. Reference page.
- Schröder, H.G. & Treadaway, C. G. 1990. Zur Kenntnis philippinischer Lycaenidae, 6. (Lepidoptera). Entomologische Zeitschrift 100(9): 168–171. ill. Reference page.
- Schröder, H.G. & Treadaway, C. G. 1990. Zur Kenntnis philippinischer Lycaenidae, 7. (Lepidoptera). Entomologische Zeitschrift 100(21): 404–407, ill. Reference page.
- Schroeder, H.G. & C.G. Treadaway, 1999: Zur Kenntnis philippinischer Lycaenidae, 12. (Lepidoptera). Entomologische Zeitschrift 109 (5): 206–212.
- Schroeder, H.G. & Treadaway, C.G., 2000: Zur Kenntnis philippinischer Lycaenidae, 13 (Lepidoptera). — NF 20 (3/4): 271–280.
- Schröder, H.G. & Treadaway, C. G. 2000. Zur kenntnis philippinischer Lycaenidae, 14 (Lepidoptera). Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo N.F. 21(2): 61–64. Reference page.
- Schroeder, H.G. & Treadaway, C.G., 2002: Zur Kenntnis philippinischer Lycaenidae, 15 (Lepidoptera). — NF 22 (4): 239–242.
- Schroeder, H.G. & Treadaway, C.G., 2002: Zur Kenntnis philippinischer Lycaenidae, 16 (Lepidoptera). — NF 23 (3): 135–139.
- Schroeder, H.G. ; C.G. Treadaway & J. Nuyda, 1999: Zur kenntnis philippinischer Lycaenidae, 11. (Lepidoptera). Entomologische Zeitschrift 109 (4): 145–154.
- Torres-Núñez, R. ; J.P.W. Hall ; K.R. Willmott & K. Johnson, 1996: A new genus of Elfin butterflies from the northern high Andes (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Tropical Lepidoptera 7 (1): 81–86. Full article: .
Links
- Markku Savela: Funet: Lycaenidae.
- Lycaenidae – Taxon details on Atlas of Living Australia (ALA).
- Australian Faunal Directory (AFD)
- Brower, Andrew V. Z. 2008. Lycaenidae [Leach] 1815. Gossamer-winged butterflies. Version 25 April 2008 (under construction). http://tolweb.org/Lycaenidae/12175/2008.04.25 in The Tree of Life Web Project, http://tolweb.org/
- Butterflies of America
- BHL bibliography
- Hassler, M. {{{1}}}. Lycaenidae. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. {{{1}}}. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: {{{1}}} {{{2}}} {{{3}}}. Reference page.
- Lycaenidae – Taxon details on Encyclopedia of Life (EOL).
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Lycaenidae.
- ION
- Pitkin, B. and Jenkins, P., 2005. Butterflies & Moths of the World: Generic Names & their Type-species
Vernacular names
čeština: Modráskovití
dansk: Blåfugle
Deutsch: Bläulinge
English: Gossamer-winged butterflies
suomi: Sinisiivet
français: lycénidés
magyar: Boglárkalepkefélék, boglárkalepkék, hangyaboglárka lepkék, lángszinérfélék
日本語: シジミチョウ科
한국어: 부전나빗과
lietuvių: Melsviai
polski: Modraszkowate
русский: Голубянки
svenska: Juvelvingar
Tiếng Việt: Họ Bướm xanh
中文: 灰蝶科
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