Taxonomy of Genus Euchrysops Butler, 1900
Cupids, Gram Blues
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 4179
190570
2444470 | Families
Genera
Species |
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 3816
189502
2439455 | Families
Genera
Species |
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 3399
186457
2415487 | Families
Genera
Species |
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 1891
142849
2048615 | Families
Genera
Species |
Order
| Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths | 322
33641
568299 | Families
Genera
Species |
Suborder
| Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths | 208
32654
567261 | Families
Genera
Species |
Infraorder
| Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
| 197
32461
565431 | Families
Genera
Species | | Division | Ditrysia
Borner, 1925
Butterflies, Moths, Skippers | 186
32290
560864 | Families
Genera
Species |
Section
| Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
| 74
20388
404639 | Families
Genera
Species |
Subsection
| Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
| 66
18154
371101 | Families
Genera
Species |
Superfamily
| Papilionoidea
Latreille, 1802
Butterflies, Skippers, True butterflies | 13
3266
144998 | Families
Genera
Species | | Family | Lycaenidae
Leach, 1815
And blues, Blue butterflies, Blues, Coppers, Gossamers | 1005
38169 | Genera
Species | | Subfamily | Polyommatinae
Swainson, 1827
Blues, Weak Blues | 193
15190 | Genera
Species | | Tribe | Polyommatini
Swainson, 1827
The Blues | 155
13477 | Genera
Species | | Genus | Euchrysops
Butler, 1900
Cupids, Gram Blues | 133 | Species |
Subnodes of Euchrysops Butler, 1900 | Species | Euchrysops abissiniae
| | | | Species | Euchrysops abyssiniae Storace, 1953
| | | | Species | Euchrysops abyssinica Aurivillius, 1922
| | | | Species | Euchrysops alberta Butler, 1901
Sahel Cupid | | | | Species | Euchrysops albistriata Capronnier, 1889
Capronnier´s Cupid | 2 | Subspecies | | Species | Euchrysops albistriatus Capronnier, 1889 ⇒ Euchrysops albistriata
Capronnier´s Cupid | 2 | Subspecies | | Species | Euchrysops anubis Snellen, 1872
| | | | Species | Euchrysops arcana Leech, 1890
| | | | Species | Euchrysops areana Leech, 1890
| | | | Species | Euchrysops asopus Hopffer, 1855
| | | | Species | Euchrysops asteris Snellen, 1892 ⇒ Euchrysops barkeri
| | | | Species | Euchrysops australis Hulstaert, 1924
| | | | Species | Euchrysops banyo Libert, 2001
Banyo Mountain Cupid | | | | Species | Euchrysops barkeri Trimen, 1893
Barker's Smoky Blue, Barker´s Cupid, Barker´s Smoky Blue | | | | Species | Euchrysops browni Butler, 1895 ⇒ Euliphyra hewitsoni
| | | | Species | Euchrysops brunneus Bethune-Baker, 1923
Brown Blue, Brown Cupid | | | | Species | Euchrysops carsoni
| | | | Species | Euchrysops chejus
| | | | Species | Euchrysops cinerea
| | | | Species | Euchrysops cnejns Fabricius, 1798
| | | | Species | Euchrysops cnejos
| | | | Species | Euchrysops cnejus Fabricius, 1798
Bean blue, Bean lycaenid, Cupid, Five-spotted line-blue | 7 | Subspecies | | Species | Euchrysops conguensis Mabille, 1877
| | | | Species | Euchrysops contracta
| | | | Species | Euchrysops crawshayi Butler, 1899
Crawshay´s Blue | 2 | Subspecies | | Species | Euchrysops cuprescens Sharpe, 1898
| | | | Species | Euchrysops cyclopteris Arthur Gardiner Butler/Butler, 1876
| | | | Species | Euchrysops decaryi Stempffer, 1947
| | | | Species | Euchrysops delicata
| | | | Species | Euchrysops dollmani
| | | | Species | Euchrysops dolorosa Trimen, 1887
Sabi Smoky Blue, Sabie Smoky Blue | | | | Species | Euchrysops dolorosas
| | | | Species | Euchrysops dolorosus
| | | | Species | Euchrysops eleusis Demaison, 1888
| | | | Species | Euchrysops ella Butler, 1881
| | | | Species | Euchrysops enejus Waterhouse & Lyell, 1914
| | | | Species | Euchrysops enidus Waterhouse & Lyell, 1914
| | | | Species | Euchrysops fescennia Bethune-Baker, 1923 ⇒ Euchrysops subpallida
Ashen Smoky Blue | | | | Species | Euchrysops fontainei Stempffer, 1967
| | | | Species | Euchrysops grahami
| | | | Species | Euchrysops greenwoodi d´Abrera, 1980
| | | | Species | Euchrysops hapalina Butler, 1883
| | | | Species | Euchrysops hawkeri Talbot, 1929
| | | | Species | Euchrysops horus Stoneham, 1938
| | | | Species | Euchrysops insularis Riley, 1945
| | | | Species | Euchrysops intermedia
| | | | Species | Euchrysops jacksoni Stempffer, 1952 ⇒ Euchrysops severini
Jackson´s Cupid | | | | Species | Euchrysops kabrosae Bethune-Baker, 1906
| 3 | Subspecies | | Species | Euchrysops kama Trimen, 1862
| | | | Species | Euchrysops katangae Bethune-Baker, 1923
| | | | Species | Euchrysops lanka Evans, 1925
| | | | Species | Euchrysops leucon
| | | | Species | Euchrysops lilacina Ungemach, 1932
| | | | Species | Euchrysops lois Butler, 1886
| | | | Species | Euchrysops lunulifer Ungemach, 1932
| | | | Species | Euchrysops major Bethune-Baker, 1922
| | | | Species | Euchrysops malathana Boisduval, 1833
Common smoky blue, Smoky bean cupid | 2 | Subspecies | | Species | Euchrysops masai
| 1 | Subspecies | | Species | Euchrysops mauensis Bethune-Baker, 1923
Mau Blue, Mau Cupid | 2 | Subspecies | | Species | Euchrysops migiurtiniensis Stempffer, 1946
| | | | Species | Euchrysops minuta Evans, 1932
| | | | Species | Euchrysops mondensis
| | | | Species | Euchrysops nandensis Neave, 1904
| 2 | Subspecies | | Species | Euchrysops neavei
| | | | Species | Euchrysops negus
| | | | Species | Euchrysops nigeriae Sharpe, 1902
| | | | Species | Euchrysops nila Evans, 1925
| | | | Species | Euchrysops nilotica Aurivillius, 1904
Desert Bean Cupid, Desert Blue, Milky Bean Cupid | | | | Species | Euchrysops niobe Trimen, 1862 ⇒ Orachrysops niobe
Brenton Blue butterfly | | | | Species | Euchrysops niveocincta Ungemach, 1932
| | | | Species | Euchrysops oculus Ungemach, 1932
| | | | Species | Euchrysops orientalis Hulstaert, 1924
| | | | Species | Euchrysops ortygia
| | | | Species | Euchrysops osiris Hopffer, 1855
African Blue, African Cupid, Osiris Smoky Blue | | | | Species | Euchrysops osoris Hopffer, 1855
| 3 | Subspecies | | Species | Euchrysops pampolis
| | | | Species | Euchrysops pandava
| | | | Species | Euchrysops parrhasius
| | | | Species | Euchrysops patala
| | | | Species | Euchrysops patricia
| | | | Species | Euchrysops philbyi Gabriel, 1954
| | | | Species | Euchrysops phoa Snellen, 1872
| | | | Species | Euchrysops plebeia
| | | | Species | Euchrysops pyrrhops Mabille, 1877
| | | | Species | Euchrysops reducta Hulstaert, 1924
Jackson´s Cupid | 2 | Subspecies | | Species | Euchrysops sagba Libert, 1993
Sagba Mountain Cupid | | | | Species | Euchrysops saguigutta
| | | | Species | Euchrysops sahelianus Libert, 2001
Western Brown-edged Cupid | | | | Species | Euchrysops samoa Herrich-Schäffer, 1869
| | | | Species | Euchrysops scintilla
| | | | Species | Euchrysops severini Hulstaert, 1924
| | | | Species | Euchrysops solwezii
| | | | Species | Euchrysops spec Fabricius, 1798
| | | | Species | Euchrysops subdita Grose-Smith, 1901
| | | | Species | Euchrysops subpallida Bethune-Baker, 1923
Ashen Smoky Blue | 2 | Subspecies | | Species | Euchrysops suffusus Rothschild, 1915 ⇒ Euchrysops cnejus
| | | | Species | Euchrysops theseus Swinhoe, 1885
| | | | Species | Euchrysops tiressa Karsch, 1895
| | | | Species | Euchrysops trifracta Butler, 1884
| | | | Species | Euchrysops trimeni
| | | | Species | Euchrysops unigemmata Butler, 1895
| 2 | Subspecies |
Synonyms Native, vernacular names and spellings of Euchrysops | English | Cupids, Gram Blues |
Distribution of Euchrysops Butler, 1900 Afghanistan
| Angola
| Australia
| Bangladesh
| Benin
| Bhutan
| Botswana
| Burkina Faso
| Burundi
| Cambodia
| Cameroon
11 Species | Cape Verde
| Central African Republic
| China
| Comoros
| Democratic Republic of the Congo
16 Species | East Timor
| Equatorial Guinea
| Ethiopia
| Fiji
| Gabon
| Gambia
| Ghana
| Guinea
| Guinea-Bissau
| Iceland
| India
| Indonesia
2 Species | Iran
| Iraq
| Ivory Coast
| Japan
| Kenya
| Laos
| Liberia
| Madagascar
| Malawi
| Malaysia
| Mali
| Mauritania
| Mauritius
| Micronesia
| Mozambique
| Myanmar
| Namibia
| Nepal
| Niger
| Nigeria
| Oman
| Pakistan
| Palau
| Papua New Guinea
| Philippines
| Republic of the Congo
| Republic South Africa
| Russia
| Rwanda
| Samoa
| São Tomé and Príncipe
| Saudi Arabia
| Senegal
| Sierra Leone
| Singapore
| Solomon Islands
| Somalia
| Somaliland
| South Sudan
| Sri Lanka
| Sudan
| Switzerland
| Taiwan
| Tajikistan
| Tanzania
| Thailand
| Togo
| Tonga
| Uganda
| USA
| Uzbekistan
| Vanuatu
| Vietnam
| Yemen
| Zambia
| Zimbabwe
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