Checklist of Family Lycaenidae Leach, 1815 (And blues)
for Chihuahua (Northwest Mexico, Mexico)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 270
1561
2856 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 270
1561
2856 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 260
1530
2807 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 178
1236
2313 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths | 35
409
542 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths | 35
409
542 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
| 35
409
542 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Section
| Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
| 15
280
383 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subsection
| Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
| 13
271
373 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Papilionoidea
Latreille, 1802
Butterflies, Skippers, True butterflies | 5
109
162 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Lycaenidae
Leach, 1815
And blues, Blue butterflies, Blues, Coppers, Gossamers | 23
33 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Chihuahua
23 Genera with 33 Species
| Atlides Huebner, 1779 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Bindahara Moore, 1793 | Plane | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Brephidium Scudder, 1852 | Pygmy blues | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Callophrys Billberg, 1976 | Elfins | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Celastrina Tutt, 1780 | Azures | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Citrinophila Kirby, 1921 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Echinargus Nabokov, 1867 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Elkalyce Bálint & Joh..., 1823 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Eupsychellus Horsfield, 1919 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Everes Hübner, 1852 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Fixsenia Scudder, 1926 | Poling’s Hairstreak | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Hemiargus Hübner, 1793 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Hypaurotis Scudder, 1873 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Icaricia Nabokov, 1973 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Leptotes Scudder, 1868 | Common Blues | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Lycaeides Hübner, 1873 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Lycaena Fabricius, 1871 | Boulder Copper | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Ministrymon Clench, 1882 | Ministreaks | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Phaeostrymon Clench, 1871 | Soapberry Hairstreak | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Plebejus Kluk, 1965 | Small Jewel Blues | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Strymon Hübner, 1818 | Scrub-Hairstreaks | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Thecla Fabricius, 1946 | Hairstreaks | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Zizula Chapman, 1900 | Grass blues | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Chihuahua
33 Species and 4 Subspecies | Atlides halesus Cramer, 1779 | Giant purple hairstreak | | Bindahara phocides phocides Fabricius, 1793 | Plane | | Brephidium exilis Boisduval, 1852 | Fea Pygmyblue | | Callophrys dospassosi searsi (Clench, 1981) | ⇒ Callophrys dospassosi Clench, 1981 | | Callophrys turkingtoni (Johnson, 1976) | ⇒ Callophrys gryneus Hübner, 1819 | | Celastrina ladon (Cramer, 1780) | ⇒ Celastrina argiolus Linnaeus, 1758 | | Citrinophila terias Joicey & Talbot, 1921 | | | Echinargus isola (Reakirt, 1867) | ⇒ Habrodais poodiae J.W. Brown &..., 1982 | | Elkalyce comyntas Godart, 1823 | | | Eupsychellus staphylus Fruhstorfer, 1919 | | | Everes amyntula (Boisduval, 1852) | ⇒ Cupido amyntula Boisduval, 1852 | | Fixsenia ontario (Edwards, 1868) | ⇒ Satyrium favonius Smith, 1797 | | Fixsenia polingi (Barnes & Ben..., 1926) | ⇒ Satyrium polingi Barnes & Ben..., 1926 | | Hemiargus (Hemiargus) hanno Stoll, 1790 | Common Blue | | Hemiargus ceraunus Fabricius, 1793 | Antillean Blue | | Hypaurotis crysalus Edwards, 1873 | Colorado hairstreak | | Icaricia icarioides buchholzi dos Passos, 1938 | Boisduval´s Blue | | Icaricia lupini (Goodpasture, 1973) | ⇒ Aricia lupini Boisduval, 1869 | | Leptotes marina Reakirt, 1868 | Marine Blue | | Lycaeides melissa (Edwards, 1873) | ⇒ Plebejus melissa Edwards, 1873 | | Lycaena acmon (Westwood, 1851) | ⇒ Plebejus acmon Westwood, 1851 | | Lycaena cyna (Edwards, 1882) | ⇒ Zizula cyna Edwards, 1881 | | Lycaena nais Edwards, 1871 | | | Ministrymon clytie Edwards, 1877 | Clytie Hairstreak | | Ministrymon leda Edwards, 1882 | Lead Hairstreak | | Phaeostrymon alcestis Edwards, 1871 | Soapberry Hairstreak | | Plebejus melissa mexicana Clench, 1965 | Melissa Blue | | Strymon melinus Hübner, 1818 | Common hairstreak | | Thecla euptychia Draudt, 1920 | | | Thecla herodotus (Fabricius, 1793) | ⇒ Cyanophrys herodotus Fabricius, 1793 | | Thecla marius (Lucas, 1857) | ⇒ Rekoa marius Lucas, 1857 | | Thecla melli Forster, 1946 | | | Zizula mela (F.H.H. Strecker, 1900) | ⇒ Zizula cyna Edwards, 1881 |
Subnodes of Lycaenidae with occurrences in Chihuahua
 | | Lycaenidae (Leach 1815) |
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