Checklist of Family Lycaenidae Leach, 1815 (And blues)
for Giessen (Central Hesse, Germany)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 197
922
1478 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 196
920
1476 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 185
898
1446 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 147
803
1344 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths | 39
355
517 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths | 39
355
517 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
| 37
353
515 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Section
| Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
| 17
301
455 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subsection
| Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
| 15
291
445 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Papilionoidea
Latreille, 1802
Butterflies, Skippers, True butterflies | 5
56
77 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Lycaenidae
Leach, 1815
And blues, Blue butterflies, Blues, Coppers, Gossamers | 12
20 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Giessen
12 Genera with 20 Species | Aricia Reichenbach, 1775 | Arguses | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Celastrina Tutt, 1758 | Azures | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Chrysoritis Butler, 1967 | Coppers | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cupido Schrank, 1771 | Tailed Blues | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Favonius Sibatani & Ito, 1758 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Glaucopsyche Scudder, 1761 | Blues | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Leptotes Scudder, 1767 | Common Blues | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Lycaena Fabricius, 1758 | Boulder Copper | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Phengaris Doherty, 1779 | Great Spotted Blues | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Polyommatus Latreille, 1775 | Meadow Blues | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Satyrium Scudder, 1782 | Satyr Orchids | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Thecla Fabricius, 1758 | Hairstreaks | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Giessen
20 Species and 1 Subspecies | Aricia (Aricia) agestis Denis & Schi..., 1775 | Brown Argus | | Celastrina argiolus Linnaeus, 1758 | Atlantic azure | | Chrysoritis thysbe psyche Pennington, 1967 | | | Cupido (Cupido) osiris Meigen, 1829 | Osiris Blue | | Cupido (Everes) argiades Pallas, 1771 | Short-tailed Blue | | Favonius quercus (Linnaeus, 1758) | ⇒ Quercusia quercus Linnaeus, 1758 | | Glaucopsyche (Glaucopsyche) alexis (Poda, 1761) | ⇒ Polyommatus icarus Rottemburg, 1775 | | Leptotes pirithous Linnaeus, 1767 | Common Zebra Blue | | Lycaena alciphron Rottenburg, 1775 | Purple-shot Copper | | Lycaena dispar Haworth, 1802 | Large Copper | | Lycaena hippothoe Linnaeus, 1761 | Purple-edged Copper | | Lycaena virgaureae Linnaeus, 1758 | Scarce Copper | | Phengaris alcon (Denis & Schi..., 1775) | ⇒ Maculinea alcon Denis & Schi..., 1775 | | Phengaris nausithous (Bergsträsser, 1779) | ⇒ Maculinea nausithous Bergsträsser, 1779 | | Phengaris teleius (Bergsträsser, 1779) | ⇒ Maculinea teleius Bergsträsser, 1779 | | Polyommatus (Lysandra) bellargus Rottemburg, 1775 | Adonis Blue | | Polyommatus (Meleageria) daphnis Denis & Schi..., 1775 | Meleager's Blue | | Polyommatus (Polyommatus) icarus Rottemburg, 1775 | Common Blue | | Satyrium w-album Knoch, 1782 | White Letter Hairstreak | | Thecla betulae Linnaeus, 1758 | Brown Hairstreak |
Subnodes of Lycaenidae with occurrences in Giessen
 | | Lycaenidae (Leach 1815) |
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