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Taxonomy of Genus Glaucopsyche Scudder, 1872
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
DivisionDitrysia
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
FamilyLycaenidae
Leach, 1815
And blues, Blue butterflies, Blues, Coppers, Gossamers
1005
38169
Genera
Species
SubfamilyPolyommatinae
Swainson, 1827
Blues, Weak Blues
193
15190
Genera
Species
TribePolyommatini
Swainson, 1827
The Blues
155
13477
Genera
Species
GenusGlaucopsyche
Scudder, 1872
Blues
251Species
Subnodes of Glaucopsyche Scudder, 1872
SubgenusGlaucopsyche (Glaucopsyche)
Scudder, 1872
Blues
46Species
SubgenusGlaucopsyche (Maculinea)
Van Eecke, 1915
Large blues
19Species
SpeciesGlaucopsyche aeruginosa Staudinger, 1891
SpeciesGlaucopsyche alaica Grum-Grshimaïlo, 1888
SpeciesGlaucopsyche alcon Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775  ⇒ Maculinea alcon
Alcon Blue, Alcon Large Blue
SpeciesGlaucopsyche algerica Rühl, 1895
SpeciesGlaucopsyche alluaudi Oberthür, 1922
SpeciesGlaucopsyche alpina Turati & Verity, 1911
SpeciesGlaucopsyche andereggi Rühl, 1891
SpeciesGlaucopsyche antiacis
SpeciesGlaucopsyche antolinezi Agenjo, 1967
SpeciesGlaucopsyche arcasi Agenjo, 1967
SpeciesGlaucopsyche argali Elwes, 1899
SpeciesGlaucopsyche arizonensis McDunnough, 1936  ⇒ Glaucopsyche lygdamus
SpeciesGlaucopsyche ashaea
SpeciesGlaucopsyche astraea FREYER, 1852
Anatolian Black-Eyed Blue
2Subspecies
SpeciesGlaucopsyche australis Grinnell, 1917  ⇒ Glaucopsyche lygdamus
SpeciesGlaucopsyche bamba Agenjo, 1967
SpeciesGlaucopsyche barnesi Gunder, 1927
SpeciesGlaucopsyche basipuncta Agenjo, 1967
SpeciesGlaucopsyche behrii Edwards, 1862
SpeciesGlaucopsyche blachieri Milliere, 1887
SpeciesGlaucopsyche boursini Mezger, 1927
SpeciesGlaucopsyche boydi Clark, 1948  ⇒ Glaucopsyche lygdamus
SpeciesGlaucopsyche bronte Bergstrasser, 1779
SpeciesGlaucopsyche caeca Courvoisier, 1912
SpeciesGlaucopsyche caerulea Courvoisier, 1913
SpeciesGlaucopsyche caerulescens Beuret, 1964
SpeciesGlaucopsyche cantabra Agenjo, 1967
SpeciesGlaucopsyche charibdis Staudinger, 1886
SpeciesGlaucopsyche charybdis Staudinger, 1886
SpeciesGlaucopsyche columbia Skinner, 1917  ⇒ Glaucopsyche lygdamus
SpeciesGlaucopsyche completa Verity, 1919
SpeciesGlaucopsyche corona Verity, 0
SpeciesGlaucopsyche couperi Grote, 1874  ⇒ Glaucopsyche lygdamus
SpeciesGlaucopsyche cyllarus Poda, 1761
Green-Underside Blue
3Subspecies
SpeciesGlaucopsyche damaetas Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775
SpeciesGlaucopsyche damoetas Schiffermüller, 1776
SpeciesGlaucopsyche dimus Bergstrasser, 1779
SpeciesGlaucopsyche diversa de Sagarra, 1926
SpeciesGlaucopsyche dymus Herbst, 1804
SpeciesGlaucopsyche eckweileri Koçak, 1979
SpeciesGlaucopsyche elongata Seitz, 1909
SpeciesGlaucopsyche exerces Boisduval, 1852
SpeciesGlaucopsyche fascista Turati, 1928
SpeciesGlaucopsyche grumi Forster, 1938
SpeciesGlaucopsyche hazeri Karbalaye & Harandi, 2007
SpeciesGlaucopsyche helena Agenjo, 1967
SpeciesGlaucopsyche honei Forster, 1940
SpeciesGlaucopsyche huguenini Gunder, 1925
SpeciesGlaucopsyche illustris Stauder, 1915
SpeciesGlaucopsyche incognitus Tilden, 1974
SpeciesGlaucopsyche intermedia Chermock, 1929
SpeciesGlaucopsyche iolas Ochsenheimer, 1816
SpeciesGlaucopsyche iphicles Staudinger, 1886
SpeciesGlaucopsyche jacki Stallings & Turner, 1947  ⇒ Glaucopsyche lygdamus
SpeciesGlaucopsyche juenana Forster, 1940
SpeciesGlaucopsyche justoi Agenjo, 1967
SpeciesGlaucopsyche kurnakovi Kurentzov, 1970
SpeciesGlaucopsyche lada Kozhanchikov, 1936
SpeciesGlaucopsyche laetifica Püngeler, 1898
SpeciesGlaucopsyche latimargo Courvoisier, 1913
SpeciesGlaucopsyche latina Hartig, 1940
SpeciesGlaucopsyche lederi Bang-Haas, 1907
SpeciesGlaucopsyche leechi Forster, 1940
SpeciesGlaucopsyche leussleri Gunder, 1927  ⇒ Glaucopsyche lygdamus
SpeciesGlaucopsyche loechensis Bustillo, 1973
SpeciesGlaucopsyche lopedevega Agenjo, 1967
SpeciesGlaucopsyche lugens Caradja, 1893
SpeciesGlaucopsyche lycormas Butler, 1866
4Subspecies
SpeciesGlaucopsyche lygdamus Doubleday, 1842
Behr Blue, Behr´s Blue, Palos Verdes Blue, Silvery Blue
27Subspecies
SpeciesGlaucopsyche lygdarmus
SpeciesGlaucopsyche marchandii Boisduval, 1833
SpeciesGlaucopsyche maritimalpium Verity, 1928
SpeciesGlaucopsyche mediopunctata Oberthür, 1915
SpeciesGlaucopsyche medunnoughi Gunder, 1927
SpeciesGlaucopsyche melanop
Black-Eyed Blue
SpeciesGlaucopsyche melanoposmater Verity, 1928
SpeciesGlaucopsyche melanopsalluaudi Oberthür, 0
SpeciesGlaucopsyche melconi de Sagarra, 1930
SpeciesGlaucopsyche mertila Edwards, 1866
2Subspecies
SpeciesGlaucopsyche mildredae Chermock, 1944
SpeciesGlaucopsyche minor Heinrich, 1938
SpeciesGlaucopsyche minuscula Agenjo, 1967
SpeciesGlaucopsyche mirabilis Beuret, 1964
SpeciesGlaucopsyche mironi Coutsis, 1976
SpeciesGlaucopsyche mittergergeri Stauder, 1915
SpeciesGlaucopsyche morena Agenjo, 1967
SpeciesGlaucopsyche naevusnanus Agenjo, 1967
SpeciesGlaucopsyche nausithous Bergsträsser, 1779  ⇒ Maculinea nausithous
Dusky Large Blue
SpeciesGlaucopsyche nittanyensis Chermock, 1944  ⇒ Glaucopsyche lygdamus
SpeciesGlaucopsyche ocellata Mezger, 1927
SpeciesGlaucopsyche oeruginosa Staudinger, 0
SpeciesGlaucopsyche oro Scudder, 1876  ⇒ Glaucopsyche lygdamus
SpeciesGlaucopsyche palosverdesensis Perkins & Emmel, 1977
SpeciesGlaucopsyche parvandereggi Verity, 1938
SpeciesGlaucopsyche paucimaculosus Kuwayama, 1926
SpeciesGlaucopsyche paucipuncta Courv., 1912
SpeciesGlaucopsyche pauper Verity, 1919
SpeciesGlaucopsyche pauperella de Sagarra, 1927
SpeciesGlaucopsyche phobos Bergstrasser, 1779
SpeciesGlaucopsyche piasus Boisduval, 1852
Arrowhead Blue
11Subspecies
SpeciesGlaucopsyche polyphemus Boisduval, 1869
SpeciesGlaucopsyche punctata Gouin, 1904
SpeciesGlaucopsyche rebeli HIRSCHKE, 1904  ⇒ Maculinea alcon
SpeciesGlaucopsyche safidensis Blom, 1979
SpeciesGlaucopsyche sagitterata
SpeciesGlaucopsyche sagittifera
SpeciesGlaucopsyche saportae Geyer, 1827
SpeciesGlaucopsyche saportoe Hübner, 1827
SpeciesGlaucopsyche selene Hemming, 1934
SpeciesGlaucopsyche semicaeca Heinrich, 1938
SpeciesGlaucopsyche seminigra Howarth & Povolny, 1976
SpeciesGlaucopsyche sergeji Obraztsov, 1936
SpeciesGlaucopsyche sinepunctata Comstock, 1926  ⇒ Glaucopsyche lygdamus
SpeciesGlaucopsyche sternitzkyi Gunder, 1929  ⇒ Glaucopsyche lygdamus
SpeciesGlaucopsyche subalexis Obraztsov, 1936
SpeciesGlaucopsyche subpauper Verity, 1928
SpeciesGlaucopsyche subtusimpunctata Oberthür, 1896
SpeciesGlaucopsyche subtusradiata Oberthür, 1896
SpeciesGlaucopsyche sumpantingi Bollow, 1931
SpeciesGlaucopsyche superornata Agenjo, 1967
SpeciesGlaucopsyche suprapuncta Obraztsov, 1936
SpeciesGlaucopsyche teleius Bergsträsser, 1779  ⇒ Maculinea teleius
Scarce large blue
SpeciesGlaucopsyche tenuimarginata Beuret, 1964
SpeciesGlaucopsyche tomariana Matsumura, 1928
SpeciesGlaucopsyche toxeuma Brown, 1971  ⇒ Glaucopsyche piasus
SpeciesGlaucopsyche tristis Gerhard, 1853
SpeciesGlaucopsyche unipuncta Rebel, 1909
SpeciesGlaucopsyche velada Bustillo, 1973
SpeciesGlaucopsyche violacea Beuret, 1964
SpeciesGlaucopsyche viriato Agenjo, 1967
SpeciesGlaucopsyche wheeleri Chapman, 1905
SpeciesGlaucopsyche williamsi Hemming, 1931
SpeciesGlaucopsyche xerces Boisduval, 1852  ⇒ Glaucopsyche lygdamus
Xerces Blue
4Subspecies

Synonyms
Apelles (A.F. Hemming, 1931)
Bajluana (Korshunov, 1990)
Phaedrotes (S.H. Scudder, 1876)
Shijimia dos (Passos, 1964)
Native, vernacular names and spellings of Glaucopsyche
GermanMaculinea
EnglishBlues


Distribution of Glaucopsyche Scudder, 1872
Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Colombia, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lebanon, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Mexico, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Netherlands, Niue, North Korea, Norway, Pakistan, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, United Kingdom, USA, Uzbekistan


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