Checklist for Family Lycaenidae Leach, 1815 (Blue butterflies)
and region Hunter Region (New South Wales, Australia)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 75
181
191 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 75
181
191 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 66
163
170 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 51
144
152 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths | 19
68
84 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths | 19
68
84 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
| 19
68
84 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Section
| Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
| 10
50
63 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subsection
| Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
| 9
49
58 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Papilionoidea
Latreille, 1802
Butterflies, Skippers, True butterflies | 4
23
32 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Lycaenidae
Leach, 1815
Blue butterflies, Blues, Coppers, Gossamers, Gossamerwings | 9
13 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Hunter Region
9 Genera with 13 Species
Species list for Hunter Region
13 Species and 5 Subspecies | Acrodipsas brisbanensis Miskin, 1884 | Bronze ant-blue | | Acrodipsas cuprea {Sands, 1965 | Copper ant-blue | | Candalides acasta Cox, H. R., 1873 | Blotched Blue | | Candalides consimilis Waterhouse, 1942 | Consimilis Blue | | Candalides hyacinthinus Semper, 1879 | Common Dusky Blue | | Erina acasta (Cox, 1873) | ⇒ Candalides afretta Parsons, 1986 | | Hypochrysops delicia Hewitson, 1875 | Blue Jewel | | Lampides boeticus Linnaeus, 1767 | Bean butterfly | | Leptotes plinius pseudocassius Murray, 1873 | Plumbago Blue | | Sarthusia sarthus ophion Hemming, 1933 | | | Theclinesthes miskini Lucas, 1889 | Miskin´s Blue | | Theclinesthes miskini miskini Lucas, 1889 | Wattle Blue | | Theclinesthes onycha onycha (Hewitson, 1865) | ⇒ Theclinesthes albocincta Waterhouse, 1903 | | Zizina otis labradus Godart, 1824 | Common blue |
Subnodes of Lycaenidae with occurrences in Hunter Region
 | | 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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