Checklist for Family Lycaenidae Leach, 1815 (Blue butterflies)
and region Norfolk Island (Polynesia)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 171
558
766 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 169
556
765 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 167
553
762 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 101
384
519 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths | 21
109
143 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths | 21
109
143 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
| 21
109
143 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Section
| Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
| 13
89
120 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subsection
| Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
| 12
83
109 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Papilionoidea
Latreille, 1802
Butterflies, Skippers, True butterflies | 5
54
71 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Lycaenidae
Leach, 1815
Blue butterflies, Blues, Coppers, Gossamers, Gossamerwings | 14
17 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Norfolk Island
14 Genera with 17 Species | Allotinus C. & R. Felder, 0 | Darkies | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Aricia Reichenbach, 1775 | Arguses | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Callophrys Billberg, 1758 | Elfins | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Celastrina Tutt, 1919 | Azures | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cupido Schrank, 1775 | Tailed Blues | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Lampides Hübner, 1767 | Ceruleans and Peablues | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Lycaena Fabricius, 1803 | Boulder Copper | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Lysandra Hemming, 1761 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Neozephyrus Sibatani & Ito, 1758 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ogyris Westwood, 1862 | Azures | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Plebejus Kluk, 1758 | Small Jewel Blues | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Polyommatus Latreille, 1775 | Meadow Blues | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Satyrium Scudder, 1782 | Satyr Orchids | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Zizina Chapman, 1824 | Lesser Grass Blues | 2 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Norfolk Island
17 Species and 10 Subspecies | Allotinus portunus portunus | | | Aricia (Aricia) agestis Denis & Schi..., 1775 | Brown Argus | | Callophrys (Callophrys) rubi Linnaeus, 1758 | Green Hairstreak | | Celastrina argiolus britanna Verity, 1919 | Holly Blue | | Cupido (Cupido) minimus Fuessly, 1775 | Little Blue | | Lampides boeticus Linnaeus, 1767 | Bean butterfly | | Lycaena phlaeas eleus Fabricius, 1798 | Small Copper | | Lycaena alciphron alciphron Rottemburg, 1775 | | | Lycaena dispar dispar ♰ Haworth, 1803 | British Large copper | | Lysandra coridon (Poda, 1761) | ⇒ Polyommatus coridon Poda, 1761 | | Neozephyrus quercus (Linnaeus, 1758) | ⇒ Quercusia quercus Linnaeus, 1758 | | Ogyris amaryllis amaryllis Hewitson, 1862 | Amaryllis Azure | | Plebejus argus argus (Linnaeus, 1758) | ⇒ Plebejus argus Linnaeus, 1758 | | Polyommatus icarus icarus (Rottemburg, 1775) | ⇒ Polyommatus icarus Rottemburg, 1775 | | Satyrium w-album Knoch, 1782 | White Letter Hairstreak | | Zizina labradus labradus Godart, 1824 | Bean Blue | | Zizina otis labradus Godart, 1824 | Common blue |
Subnodes of Lycaenidae with occurrences in Norfolk Island
 | | 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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