Checklist of Family Lycaenidae Leach, 1815 (And blues)
for Mayotte (Comoro Islands)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 172
922
1873 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 172
922
1873 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 161
891
1815 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 113
773
1624 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths | 27
271
420 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths | 27
271
420 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
| 27
271
420 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Section
| Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
| 13
187
321 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subsection
| Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
| 12
184
317 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Papilionoidea
Latreille, 1802
Butterflies, Skippers, True butterflies | 4
53
121 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Lycaenidae
Leach, 1815
And blues, Blue butterflies, Blues, Coppers, Gossamers | 13
18 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Mayotte
13 Genera with 18 Species | Azanus Moore, 1980 | Babul Blues | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Cacyreus Butler, 1877 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Celastrina Tutt, 1780 | Azures | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cupido Schrank, 0 | Tailed Blues | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Deciduphagus Billberg, 1852 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Everes Hübner, 1852 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Glaucopsyche Scudder, 1842 | Blues | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Leptotes Scudder, 1767 | Common Blues | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Lycaena Fabricius, 1761 | Boulder Copper | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Plebejus Kluk, 1781 | Small Jewel Blues | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Polyommatus Latreille, 1825 | Meadow Blues | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Syntarucus Scudder, 1789 | Zebra blue | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Telipna Aurivillius, 1851 | | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Mayotte
18 Species and 4 Subspecies | Azanus sitalces Mabille, 1899 | Large Madagascar Babul Blue | | Azanus sitalces mayotti | | | Cacyreus darius Mabille, 1877 | | | Celastrina ladon (Cramer, 1780) | ⇒ Celastrina argiolus Linnaeus, 1758 | | Cupido agriades | | | Deciduphagus augustinus (Westwood, , 1852) | ⇒ Callophrys augustinus Westwood, 1852 | | Everes amyntula (Boisduval, 1852) | ⇒ Cupido amyntula Boisduval, 1852 | | Glaucopsyche lygdamus Doubleday, 1842 | Behr Blue | | Leptotes pirithous Linnaeus, 1767 | Common Zebra Blue | | Lycaena (Epidemia) dorcas Kirby, 1837 | 'Maine' Dorcas Copper | | Lycaena dorcas arcticus Ferris, 1977 | Dorcas Copper | | Lycaena (Epidemia) helloides Boisduval, 1852 | Common purplish copper | | Lycaena (Epidemia) mariposa Reakirt, 1866 | Forest Copper | | Lycaena (Lycaena) phlaeas Linnaeus, 1761 | American Copper | | Plebejus (Plebejus) idas (Linnaeus, 1761) | ⇒ Plebejus idas Linnaeus, 1761 | | Plebejus (Plebejus) saepiolus (Boisduval, 1852) | ⇒ Lycaena clarki Dickson, 1971 | | Plebejus (Vacciniina) optilete (Knoch, 1781) | ⇒ Plebejus optilete Knoch, 1781 | | Polyommatus icarus lacon Jermyns, 1825 | | | Syntarucus telicanus Lang, 1789 | | | Telipna acraea acraea Westwood, , 1851 | |
Subnodes of Lycaenidae with occurrences in Mayotte
 | | Lycaenidae (Leach 1815) |
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