Checklist for Family Lycaenidae Leach, 1815 (Blue butterflies)
and region Melbourne (Victoria, Australia)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 271
1469
2337 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 271
1469
2337 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 253
1436
2291 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 194
1288
2132 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths | 41
301
447 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths | 41
301
447 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
| 40
297
437 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Section
| Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
| 19
209
308 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subsection
| Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
| 15
201
298 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Papilionoidea
Latreille, 1802
Butterflies, Skippers, True butterflies | 4
57
84 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Lycaenidae
Leach, 1815
Blue butterflies, Blues, Coppers, Gossamers, Gossamerwings | 19
28 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Melbourne
19 Genera with 28 Species | Ancema Eliot, 1906 | Royals | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Candalides Hübner, 1879 | Dusky blues | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Celastrina Tutt, 1780 | Azures | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Cupido Schrank, 0 | Tailed Blues | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Glaucopsyche Scudder, 1869 | Blues | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hypochrysops C. Felder & ..., 1875 | Jewels | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Jalmenus Hübner, 1805 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Lampides Hübner, 1767 | Ceruleans and Peablues | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Leptotes Scudder, 1775 | Common Blues | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Lucia Swainson, 1833 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Lycaena Fabricius, 1852 | Boulder Copper | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ogyris Westwood, 1862 | Azures | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Oreolyce Toxopeus, 0 | Hedge Blues | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Paralucia Waterhouse &..., 1853 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pseudalmenus Druce, 1914 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Satyrium Scudder, 1867 | Satyr Orchids | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Thecla Fabricius, 0 | Hairstreaks | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Theclinesthes Röber, 1869 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Zizina Chapman, 1824 | Lesser Grass Blues | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Melbourne
28 Species and 10 Subspecies | Ancema cotys capusa Fruhstorfer, 1906 | | | Candalides absimilis Felder, C., 1862 | Common Pencil-blue | | Candalides acasta Cox, H. R., 1873 | Blotched Blue | | Candalides erinus erinus Fabricius, 1775 | Small Dusky Blue | | Candalides heathi Cox, 1873 | Rayed Blue | | Candalides hyacinthina Semper, 1879 | Common Dusky Blue | | Candalides hyacinthinus hyacinthinus Semper, 1879 | Common Dusky Blue | | Celastrina argiolus Linnaeus, 1758 | Atlantic azure | | Celastrina ladon (Cramer, 1780) | ⇒ Celastrina argiolus Linnaeus, 1758 | | Cupido agriades | | | Glaucopsyche lygdamus orcus W. H. Edwards, 1869 | Silvery Blue | | Hypochrysops byzos Boisduval, 1832 | Yellow Jewel | | Hypochrysops delicia Hewitson, 1875 | Blue Jewel | | Hypochrysops delicia delicia Hewitson, 1875 | Blue Jewel | | Lampides boeticus Linnaeus, 1767 | Bean butterfly | | Leptotes cassius Cramer, 1775 | Cassius Blue | | Lucia limbaria Swainson, 1833 | Grassland Copper | | Lycaena (Epidemia) helloides Boisduval, 1852 | Common purplish copper | | Ogyris abrota Westwood, 1851 | Dark Purple Azure | | Ogyris amaryllis meridionalis Bethune-Baker, 1905 | Amaryllis Azure | | Ogyris olane Hewitson, 1862 | Broadmargined azure | | Oreolyce nearcha nearcha | | | Paralucia aurifer Blanchard, 1853 | Bright Copper | | Pseudalmenus chlorinda zephyrus Waterhouse &..., 1914 | Silky Hairstreak | | Satyrium (Satyrium) edwardsii Grote & Robi..., 1867 | Edward's hairstreak | | Thecla thoris | | | Theclinesthes serpentatus serpentatus Herrich-Schä..., 1869 | | | Zizina otis labradus Godart, 1824 | Common blue |
Subnodes of Lycaenidae with occurrences in Melbourne
 | | 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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