Checklist for Family Lycaenidae Leach, 1815 (Blue butterflies)
and region Mandera County (North Eastern Province, Kenya)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 45
153
168 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 45
153
168 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 44
152
167 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 35
133
155 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths | 24
106
119 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths | 24
105
118 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
| 24
105
118 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Section
| Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
| 12
82
91 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subsection
| Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
| 10
76
84 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Papilionoidea
Latreille, 1802
Butterflies, Skippers, True butterflies | 4
21
39 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Lycaenidae
Leach, 1815
Blue butterflies, Blues, Coppers, Gossamers, Gossamerwings | 10
16 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Mandera County
10 Genera with 16 Species | Anthene Doubleday, 1932 | Ciliate Blues | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Axiocerses Hübner, 1775 | Scarlets | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Deudorix Hewitson, 1887 | Cornelians | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Euchrysops Butler, 1855 | Cupids | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Leptotes Scudder, 1767 | Common Blues | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Myrina Fabricius, 1775 | Fig Tree Blues | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Stugeta Druce, 1946 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Syntarucus Scudder, 1789 | Zebra blue | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Tarucus Moore, 1885 | Blue pierrots | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Zizeeria Chapman, 1862 | Grass blues | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Mandera County
16 Species | Anthene amarah Guérin-Ménev..., 1847 | Black-striped Hairtail | | Anthene contrastata Ungemach, 1932 | Mashuna Hairtail | | Axiocerses harpax Fabricius, 1775 | Common Scarlet | | Deudorix antalus Hopffer, 1855 | Brown Playboy | | Deudorix dinochares Grose-Smith, 1887 | Apricot Playboy | | Euchrysops malathana Boisduval, 1833 | Common smoky blue | | Euchrysops osiris Hopffer, 1855 | African Blue | | Leptotes brevidentatus Tite, 1958 | Short-toothed Blue | | Leptotes pirithous Linnaeus, 1767 | Common Zebra Blue | | Myrina dermaptera Wallengren, 1857 | Lesser Fig-tree Blue | | Myrina silenus Fabricius, 1775 | Amber Fig-tree Blue | | Stugeta somalina Stempffer, 1946 | Somali Marbled Sapphire | | Syntarucus telicanus Lang, 1789 | | | Tarucus mediterraneae (Austaut, 1885) | ⇒ Tarucus rosacea Austaut, 1885 | | Tarucus rosacea Austaut, 1885 | Balochistan Pierrot | | Zizeeria knysna Trimen, 1862 | African Grass Blue |
Subnodes of Lycaenidae with occurrences in Mandera 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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