Checklist for Family Lycaenidae Leach, 1815 (Blue butterflies)
and region Cape Verde (Macaronesia)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 389
2530
3645 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 386
2522
3632 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 372
2485
3587 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 240
1954
2800 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths | 41
519
769 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths | 41
519
769 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
| 41
519
769 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Section
| Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
| 19
369
582 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subsection
| Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
| 16
348
549 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Papilionoidea
Latreille, 1802
Butterflies, Skippers, True butterflies | 5
127
172 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Lycaenidae
Leach, 1815
Blue butterflies, Blues, Coppers, Gossamers, Gossamerwings | 24
27 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Cape Verde
24 Genera with 27 Species #ACDEHLMOPSTZ
| Arawacus Kaye, 1777 | Stripestreaks | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Azanus Moore, 1857 | Babul Blues | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Callicista Grote, 1793 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Chalybs Hübner, 1790 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Chilades Moore, 0 | Jewel Blues | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Cyanophrys Clench, 1868 | Greenstreaks | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Deudorix Hewitson, 1887 | Cornelians | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Dolymorpha Holland, 1867 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Egides Schatz, 0 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Elkalyce Bálint & Joh..., 1823 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Euchrysops Butler, 1855 | Cupids | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Eumaeus Hübner, 1832 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hemiargus Hübner, 1790 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Lampides Hübner, 1767 | Ceruleans and Peablues | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Leptotes Scudder, 1767 | Common Blues | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Miletus Hubner, 1913 | Brownies | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Oenomaus Hübner, 2012 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pseudolucia Nabokov, 1852 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Scolitantides Hübner, 1775 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Thereus Hübner, 1887 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Tmolus Hübner, 1767 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ziegleria Johnson, 1902 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Zizeeria Chapman, 1862 | Grass blues | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Zizula Chapman, 1775 | Grass blues | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Cape Verde
27 Species and 4 Subspecies | Arawacus linus (Fabricius, 1777) | ⇒ Arawacus aetolus Sultzer, 1776 | | Azanus jesous Guérin-Ménev..., 1849 | African Babul Blue | | Azanus mirza Plötz, 1880 | Mirza Babul Blue | | Azanus moriqua Wallengren, 1857 | Black-bordered Babul Blue | | Callicista columella Fabricius, 1793 | | | Chalybs hassan Stoll, 1790 | Hassan Greenstreak | | Chilades evorae Libert, Bali..., 2011 | | | Chilades parrhasius parrhasius | | | Cyanophrys longula Hewitson, 1868 | Brown-spotted Greenstreak | | Deudorix dinomenes Smith, 1887 | Large Orange Playboy | | Dolymorpha jada Hewitson, 1867 | | | Egides amplitudo | | | Elkalyce comyntas Godart, 1823 | | | Euchrysops osiris Hopffer, 1855 | African Blue | | Eumaeus childrenae Gray, 1832 | Great Cycadian | | Hemiargus (Hemiargus) hanno Stoll, 1790 | Common Blue | | Lampides boeticus Linnaeus, 1767 | Bean butterfly | | Leptotes pirithous Linnaeus, 1767 | Common Zebra Blue | | Miletus gaetulus aphytis Fruhstorfer, 1913 | | | Oenomaus myrteana R. Busby, Ro..., 2012 | | | Pseudolucia chilensis Blanchard, 1852 | | | Scolitantides orion battus Denis & Schi..., 1775 | | | Thereus orasus Godman & Salvin, 1887 | Crimson-spot Hairstreak | | Tmolus echion Linnaeus, 1767 | Four-Spotted Hairstreak | | Ziegleria guzanta Schaus, 1902 | Orange-crescent Groundstreak | | Zizeeria knysna Trimen, 1862 | African Grass Blue | | Zizula hylax hylax Fabricius, 1775 | Tiny Grass Blue |
Subnodes of Lycaenidae with occurrences in Cape Verde
 | | 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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