Checklist for Family Lycaenidae Leach, 1815 (Blue butterflies)
and region Athabasca County (Northern Alberta, Alberta, Canada)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 282
1567
2280 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 281
1566
2280 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 265
1526
2224 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 200
1289
1959 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths | 41
416
693 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths | 41
416
693 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
| 40
415
692 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Section
| Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
| 16
301
521 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subsection
| Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
| 14
271
476 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Papilionoidea
Latreille, 1802
Butterflies, Skippers, True butterflies | 5
57
105 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Lycaenidae
Leach, 1815
Blue butterflies, Blues, Coppers, Gossamers, Gossamerwings | 15
22 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Athabasca County
15 Genera with 22 Species | Callophrys Billberg, 1907 | Elfins | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Castalius Hübner, 1865 | Common Pierrot | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Celastrina Tutt, 1837 | Azures | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Cyaniris Dalman, 1862 | Hedge Blues | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Deciduphagus Billberg, 1852 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Elkalyce Bálint & Joh..., 1823 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Everes Hübner, 1852 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Glaucopsyche Scudder, 1842 | Blues | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Icaricia Nabokov, 1863 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Iolaus Hübner, 1965 | Royals | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Lycaeides Hübner, 1873 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Lycaena Fabricius, 1761 | Boulder Copper | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Miletus Hubner, 1913 | Brownies | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Plebejus Kluk, 1852 | Small Jewel Blues | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Strymon Hübner, 1818 | Scrub-Hairstreaks | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Athabasca County
22 Species and 2 Subspecies | Callophrys (Incisalia) niphon Hübner, 1823 | Eastern Pine Elfin | | Callophrys (Incisalia) polios (Cook & Watson, 1907) | ⇒ Callophrys polia Cook & Watson, 1907 | | Castalius mindarus Felder & Felder, 1865 | | | Celastrina ladon (Cramer, 1780) | ⇒ Celastrina argiolus Linnaeus, 1758 | | Celastrina lucia (Kirby, 1837) | ⇒ Celastrina argiolus Linnaeus, 1758 | | Cyaniris neglecta Edwards, 1862 | | | Deciduphagus augustinus (Westwood, , 1852) | ⇒ Callophrys augustinus Westwood, 1852 | | Elkalyce comyntas Godart, 1823 | | | Everes amyntula (Boisduval, 1852) | ⇒ Cupido amyntula Boisduval, 1852 | | Glaucopsyche lygdamus Doubleday, 1842 | Behr Blue | | Icaricia saepiolus W. H. Edwards, 1863 | Greenish blue | | Iolaus aphnaeoides aethes (Clench, 1965) | ⇒ Iolaus aethes Clench, 1964 | | Lycaeides melissa (Edwards, 1873) | ⇒ Plebejus melissa Edwards, 1873 | | Lycaena (Chalceria) dione Scudder, 1868 | Gray Copper | | Lycaena (Epidemia) dorcas Kirby, 1837 | 'Maine' Dorcas Copper | | Lycaena (Epidemia) helloides Boisduval, 1852 | Common purplish copper | | Lycaena (Epidemia) hyllus Cramer, 1775 | Bronze Copper | | Lycaena (Lycaena) phlaeas Linnaeus, 1761 | American Copper | | Miletus gaetulus aphytis Fruhstorfer, 1913 | | | Plebejus (Agriades) glandon de Prunner, 1798 | Arctic Blue | | Plebejus (Plebejus) saepiolus (Boisduval, 1852) | ⇒ Lycaena clarki Dickson, 1971 | | Strymon melinus Hübner, 1818 | Common hairstreak |
Subnodes of Lycaenidae with occurrences in Athabasca County
 | | 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
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