Species list, Checklist of Family Lycaenidae (Blue butterflies) for Arenal Volcano National Park (Alajuela, Costa Rica)

Ants	Arachnids
Bees	Beetles
Booklice	Bugs
Bumblebees	Butterflies
Cicadas	Crane flies
Dragonflies	Earwigs
Flies	Isopods
Locusts	Mantises
Mayflies	Mosquitoes
Myriapods	Net-winged
Plant-parasitic	Scorpion flies
Termites	Wasps

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Checklist for Family Lycaenidae Leach, 1815 (Blue butterflies)
and region Arenal Volcano National Park (Alajuela, Costa Rica)

Class	Insecta Linnaeus, 1758 Insects, True insects	250 2216 2737	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Pterygota Lang, 1888 Winged insects	250 2216 2737	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraclass	Neoptera van der Wulp, 1890 Modern Wing-folding insects	238 2169 2630	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Holometabola Heider, 1889 Holometabolous Insects	177 1891 2382	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Lepidoptera Linnaeus, 1758 Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths	35 634 1017	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Glossata Fabricius, 1775 Modern butterflies and moths	35 634 1017	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraorder	Heteroneura Tillyard, 1918	35 634 1017	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Section	Cossina Herrich-Schäffer, 1856	17 496 855	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subsection	Bombyces Scopoli, 1763	16 491 849	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Papilionoidea Latreille, 1802 Butterflies, Skippers, True butterflies	5 77 100	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Family	Lycaenidae Leach, 1815 Blue butterflies, Blues, Coppers, Gossamers, Gossamerwings	9 10	Genera Species	Taxom

Genera for Arenal Volcano National Park
9 Genera with 10 Species

Hemiargus Hübner, 1790		1	Species	Taxom
Jalmenus Hübner, 1876		1	Species	Taxom
Jamides Hübner, 1916	Ceruleans	2	Species	Taxom
Lampides Hübner, 1916	Ceruleans and Peablues	1	Species	Taxom
Lycaena Fabricius, 1896	Boulder Copper	1	Species	Taxom
Miletus Hubner, 1913	Brownies	1	Species	Taxom
Polyommatus Latreille, 1889	Meadow Blues	1	Species	Taxom
Pseudolycaena Wallengren, 1875		1	Species	Taxom
Thecla Fabricius, 1867	Hairstreaks	1	Species	Taxom

Species list for Arenal Volcano National Park
10 Species and 5 Subspecies

Hemiargus (Hemiargus) hanno Stoll, 1790	Common Blue
Jalmenus evagoras eubulus Miskin, 1876	Imperial Hairstreak
Jamides bochus astraptes Felder, 1861
Jamides cyta zelia Fruhstorfer, 1916
Lampides aegithus Fruhstorfer, 1916
Lycaena virgaureae cissites Fruhstorfer, 1896
Miletus megaris Fruhstorfer, 1913
Polyommatus icarus celina (Austaut, 1889)	⇒ Polyommatus celina Austaut, 1879
Pseudolycaena damo H. Druce, 1875	Sky-blue Hairstreak
Thecla togarna Hewitson, 1867

Subnodes of Lycaenidae with occurrences in Arenal Volcano National Park

Subfamily	Lycaeninae Leach, 1815 Asian Sapphires, Coppers	1 1	Genus Species	Taxom
Subfamily	Miletinae Corbet, 1939 Apeflies, Harvester, Harvesters	1 1	Genus Species	Taxom
Subfamily	Polyommatinae Swainson, 1827 Blues, Weak Blues	4 5	Genera Species	Taxom
Subfamily	Theclinae Swainson, 1831 Hairstreaks, Strong Blues	3 3	Genera Species	Taxom

Lycaenidae (Leach 1815)

Links, sources and further information

Lycaenidae at artfakta.se
Lycaenidae at dyntaxa.se
Lycaenidae at gbif.org
Lycaenidae at irmng.org
Lycaenidae at itis.gov