Checklist for Family Lycaenidae Leach, 1815 (Blue butterflies)
and region Nicobar Islands (Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 83
183
252 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 83
183
252 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 79
179
246 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 51
132
188 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths | 13
44
82 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths | 13
44
82 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
| 13
44
82 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Section
| Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
| 7
35
71 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subsection
| Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
| 7
35
71 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Papilionoidea
Latreille, 1802
Butterflies, Skippers, True butterflies | 4
24
54 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Lycaenidae
Leach, 1815
Blue butterflies, Blues, Coppers, Gossamers, Gossamerwings | 14
26 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Nicobar Islands
14 Genera with 26 Species | Bindahara Moore, 0 | Plane | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Castalius Hübner, 1775 | Common Pierrot | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Catochrysops Boisduval, 1793 | Forget-me-nots | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Chilades Moore, 1829 | Jewel Blues | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Curetis Hübner, 1773 | Sunbeams | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Deudorix Hewitson, 1858 | Cornelians | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Euchrysops Butler, 1798 | Cupids | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Jamides Hübner, 1932 | Ceruleans | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Lampides Hübner, 0 | Ceruleans and Peablues | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Nacaduba Moore, 1929 | Lineblues | 10 | Species | Taxom | | Prosotas H. H. Druce, 1932 | Lineblues | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Spalgis Moore, 1851 | Apeflies | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Zizeeria Chapman, 1787 | Grass blues | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Zizula Chapman, 1775 | Grass blues | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Nicobar Islands
26 Species and 19 Subspecies | Bindahara phcides | | | Castalius ethion airavati | | | Castalius rosimon rosimon Fabricius, 1775 | Common Pierrot | | Catochrysops strabo strabo Fabricius, 1793 | Forget-me-not | | Chilades pandava pandava Horsfield, 1829 | Cycad Blue | | Curetis saronis Moore, 1877 | Burmese Sunbeam | | Curetis saronis nicobarica | | | Curetis thetis Drury, 1773 | Indian Sunbeam | | Deudorix epijarbas epijarbas Moore, , 1858 | Common Cornelian | | Euchrysops cnejus Fabricius, 1798 | Bean blue | | Jamides aleuas C. Felder & ..., 1865 | Bright cerulean | | Jamides celeno Cramer, 1775 | Common Caerulean | | Jamides ferrari Evans, 1932 | Ferrar'S Cerulean | | Lampides alecta kondulana | | | Lampides elpis (Godart, 1823) | ⇒ Jamides kankena C. Felder, 1862 | | Lampides elpis kankena | | | Nacaduba berenice nicobaricus Wood-Mason &..., 1881 | | | Nacaduba dilata Evans, 1932 | | | Nacaduba hermus vicania Corbet, 1938 | | | Nacaduba kurava Moore, 1858 | Transparent 6-Line Blue | | Nacaduba kurava euplea Fruhstorfer, 1916 | Transparent six-line blue | | Nacaduba kurava nicobarica | | | Nacaduba kurava sambalanga Tite, 1963 | | | Nacaduba pactolus macrophthalma Felder, 1874 | | | Nacaduba sanaya elioti Corbet, 1938 | Jewel Four-Line Blue | | Nacaduba sanaya naevia Toxopeus, 1929 | Jewel four-line blue | | Prosotas dilata Evans, 1932 | Common Lineblue | | Prosotas nora dilata Evans, 1932 | | | Spalgis epius epius Westwood, 1851 | Apefly | | Zizeeria karsandra Moore, 1865 | African Grass Blue | | Zizeeria otis Fabricius, 1787 | Lesser Grass Blue | | Zizula hylax hylax Fabricius, 1775 | Tiny Grass Blue |
Subnodes of Lycaenidae with occurrences in Nicobar Islands
 | | 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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