Checklist for Family Lycaenidae Leach, 1815 (Blue butterflies)
and region LaSalle County (Northwestern Illinois, Illinois, USA)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 296
1464
2129 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 295
1462
2127 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 273
1396
1997 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 201
1197
1750 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths | 41
435
676 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths | 40
434
675 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
| 40
434
675 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Section
| Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
| 16
320
516 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subsection
| Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
| 15
303
487 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Papilionoidea
Latreille, 1802
Butterflies, Skippers, True butterflies | 5
76
115 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Lycaenidae
Leach, 1815
Blue butterflies, Blues, Coppers, Gossamers, Gossamerwings | 21
32 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for LaSalle County
21 Genera with 32 Species #ABCEFGHILMPST
| Agriades Hübner, 1776 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Atlides Huebner, 1779 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Brephidium Scudder, 1852 | Pygmy blues | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Callophrys Billberg, 1907 | Elfins | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Calycopis Scudder, 1793 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Celastrina Tutt, 1780 | Azures | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Chilades Moore, 0 | Jewel Blues | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Elkalyce Bálint & Joh..., 1823 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Feniseca Grote, 1793 | North American Harvesters | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Glaucopsyche Scudder, 1842 | Blues | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Harkenclenus Scudder, 1793 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Icaricia Nabokov, 1863 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Incisalia Scudder, 1867 | Elfins | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Lycaeides Hübner, 1873 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Lycaena Fabricius, 1851 | Boulder Copper | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Mitoura Billberg, 1816 | Elfins | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Polyommatus Latreille, 1808 | Meadow Blues | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Sarthusia Bethune-Baker, 1933 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Satyrium Scudder, 1833 | Satyr Orchids | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Strymon Hübner, 1818 | Scrub-Hairstreaks | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Thecla Fabricius, 1876 | Hairstreaks | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for LaSalle County
32 Species and 3 Subspecies | Agriades hylas Schiffermüller, 1776 | | | Atlides halesus Cramer, 1779 | Giant purple hairstreak | | Brephidium exilis Boisduval, 1852 | Fea Pygmyblue | | Callophrys (Incisalia) niphon Hübner, 1823 | Eastern Pine Elfin | | Callophrys (Incisalia) polios (Cook & Watson, 1907) | ⇒ Callophrys polia Cook & Watson, 1907 | | Calycopis cecrops Fabricius, 1793 | Red Banded Hairstreak | | Celastrina argiolus Linnaeus, 1758 | Atlantic azure | | Celastrina ladon (Cramer, 1780) | ⇒ Celastrina argiolus Linnaeus, 1758 | | Chilades parrhasius parrhasius | | | Elkalyce comyntas Godart, 1823 | | | Feniseca tarquinius Fabricius, 1793 | Harvester | | Glaucopsyche lygdamus Doubleday, 1842 | Behr Blue | | Harkenclenus titus (Fabricius, 1793) | ⇒ Satyrium titus Fabricius, 1793 | | Icaricia saepiolus W. H. Edwards, 1863 | Greenish blue | | Incisalia henrici (Grote & Robi..., 1867) | ⇒ Callophrys henrici Grote & Robi..., 1867 | | Lycaeides melissa (Edwards, 1873) | ⇒ Plebejus melissa Edwards, 1873 | | Lycaena (Chalceria) dione Scudder, 1868 | Gray Copper | | Lycaena (Chalceria) heteronea Boisduval, 1852 | Blue Copper | | Lycaena (Epidemia) helloides Boisduval, 1852 | Common purplish copper | | Lycaena (Epidemia) hyllus Cramer, 1775 | Bronze Copper | | Lycaena (Lycaena) phlaeas Linnaeus, 1761 | American Copper | | Lycaena acmon (Westwood, 1851) | ⇒ Plebejus acmon Westwood, 1851 | | Mitoura gryneus (Hübner, 1816) | ⇒ Callophrys gryneus Hübner, 1819 | | Polyommatus eros eros (Ochsenheimer, 1808) | ⇒ Polyommatus eros Ochsenheimer, 1808 | | Sarthusia sarthus ophion Hemming, 1933 | | | Satyrium (Satyrium) acadica W. H. Edwards, 1862 | Acadian Hairstreak | | Satyrium (Satyrium) calanus Hübner, 1806 | Banded Hairstreak | | Satyrium (Satyrium) caryaevorus McDunnough, 1942 | Hickory Hairstreak | | Satyrium (Satyrium) edwardsii Grote & Robi..., 1867 | Edward's hairstreak | | Satyrium (Satyrium) liparops Le Conte, 1833 | Striped Hairstreak | | Strymon melinus Hübner, 1818 | Common hairstreak | | Thecla biston (Möschler, 1876) | ⇒ Bistonina biston Möschler, 1877 |
Subnodes of Lycaenidae with occurrences in LaSalle 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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