Checklist of Family Lycaenidae Leach, 1815 (And blues)
for Malta (Europe)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 218
1401
2515 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 216
1399
2513 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 213
1390
2500 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 150
1139
2017 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths | 44
577
1050 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths | 44
577
1050 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
| 44
577
1050 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Section
| Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
| 14
332
645 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subsection
| Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
| 12
294
566 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Papilionoidea
Latreille, 1802
Butterflies, Skippers, True butterflies | 4
86
149 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Lycaenidae
Leach, 1815
And blues, Blue butterflies, Blues, Coppers, Gossamers | 28
41 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Malta
28 Genera with 41 Species
| Allotinus C. & R. Felder, 0 | Darkies | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Aloeides Hübner, 1973 | Coppers | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Arhopala Boisduval, 1865 | Oak-blues | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Aricia Reichenbach, 1928 | Arguses | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Azanus Moore, 1782 | Babul Blues | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Cacyreus Butler, 1898 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Callophrys Billberg, 1758 | Elfins | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Celastrina Tutt, 1758 | Azures | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cigaritis Donzel, 1851 | Barred Blues | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Crudaria Wallengren, 1857 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cupido Schrank, 1775 | Tailed Blues | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Deudorix Hewitson, 1877 | Cornelians | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Glaucopsyche Scudder, 1761 | Blues | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hypolycaena C.Felder & R..., 1793 | Hairstreaks | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Icaricia Nabokov, 1852 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Iolaus Hübner, 1819 | Royals | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Lampides Hübner, 1767 | Ceruleans and Peablues | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Lepidochrysops Hedicke, 1887 | Giant Cupids | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Leptotes Scudder, 1767 | Common Blues | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Lycaena Fabricius, 1761 | Boulder Copper | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Lysandra Hemming, 1775 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Myrina Fabricius, 1775 | Fig Tree Blues | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Plebejus Kluk, 1758 | Small Jewel Blues | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Polyommatus Latreille, 1835 | Meadow Blues | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Pseudophilotes Beuret, 1779 | Chequered Blues | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Tarucus Moore, 1793 | Blue pierrots | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Telipna Aurivillius, 1851 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Zizeeria Chapman, 1862 | Grass blues | 2 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Malta
41 Species and 4 Subspecies | Allotinus portunus portunus | | | Aloeides dryas Tite & Dickson, 1968 | Transvaal Copper | | Aloeides swanepoeli Tite & Dickson, 1973 | Swanepoel's Copper | | Arhopala pseudocentaurus aglais C.& R.Felder, , 1865 | | | Aricia (Aricia) agestis Denis & Schi..., 1775 | Brown Argus | | Aricia montensis (Verity, 1928) | ⇒ Aricia artaxerxes Fabricius, 1793 | | Azanus moriqua Wallengren, 1857 | Black-bordered Babul Blue | | Azanus ubaldus Stoll, 1782 | Bright Babul Blue | | Cacyreus lingeus Stoll, 1782 | Bush Bronze | | Cacyreus marshalli Butler, 1898 | Brun des pélargoniums | | Callophrys (Callophrys) rubi Linnaeus, 1758 | Green Hairstreak | | Celastrina argiolus Linnaeus, 1758 | Atlantic azure | | Cigaritis mozambica Bertolini, 1850 | Mozambique Bar | | Cigaritis natalensis Westwood, 1851 | Natal Bar | | Crudaria leroma Wallengren, 1857 | Silver Spotted Grey | | Cupido (Cupido) minimus Fuessly, 1775 | Little Blue | | Deudorix dariaves Hewitson, 1877 | Black and orange playboy | | Glaucopsyche (Glaucopsyche) alexis (Poda, 1761) | ⇒ Polyommatus icarus Rottemburg, 1775 | | Hypolycaena philippus Fabricius, 1793 | Common Hairstreak | | Icaricia icarioides Boisduval, 1852 | Boisduval's blue | | Lampides boeticus Linnaeus, 1767 | Bean butterfly | | Lepidochrysops patricia Trimen, 1887 | Patricia Blue | | Leptotes pirithous Linnaeus, 1767 | Common Zebra Blue | | Lycaena (Chalceria) heteronea Boisduval, 1852 | Blue Copper | | Lycaena (Lycaena) phlaeas Linnaeus, 1761 | American Copper | | Lycaena phlaeas phlaeas (Linnaeus, 1761) | ⇒ Lycaena phlaeas Linnaeus, 1761 | | Lysandra bellargus (Rottemburg, 1775) | ⇒ Polyommatus bellargus Rottemburg, 1775 | | Myrina silenus Fabricius, 1775 | Amber Fig-tree Blue | | Plebejus (Plebejus) argus Linnaeus, 1758 | Silver-studded Blue | | Polyommatus (Agrodiaetus) exuberans Verity, 1926 | | | Polyommatus (Agrodiaetus) humedasae Toso & Balletto, 1976 | Piedmont Anomalous Blue | | Polyommatus (Lysandra) bellargus Rottemburg, 1775 | Adonis Blue | | Polyommatus (Lysandra) coridon Poda, 1761 | Chalk Hill Blue | | Polyommatus (Polyommatus) celina Austaut, 1879 | Austaut'S Blue | | Polyommatus (Polyommatus) icarus Rottemburg, 1775 | Common Blue | | Polyommatus (Polyommatus) thersites Cantener, 1835 | Amanda´S Blue | | Pseudophilotes baton (Bergsträsser, 1779) | ⇒ Pseudophilotes hylacter Bergstraesser, 1779 | | Tarucus plinius (Fabricius, 1793) | ⇒ Leptotes plinius Fabricius, 1793 | | Tarucus theophrastus Fabricius, 1793 | African Pierrot | | Telipna acraea acraea Westwood, , 1851 | | | Zizeeria karsandra Moore, 1865 | African Grass Blue | | Zizeeria knysna Trimen, 1862 | African Grass Blue |
Subnodes of Lycaenidae with occurrences in Malta | Subfamily | Lycaeninae
Leach, 1815
Asian Sapphires, Coppers | 1
2 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Miletinae
Corbet, 1939
Apeflies, Harvester, Harvesters | 1
1 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Polyommatinae
Swainson, 1827
Blues, Weak Blues | 16
27 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Poritiinae
Doherty, 1886
| 1
1 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Theclinae
Swainson, 1831
Hairstreaks, Strong Blues | 9
10 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
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