Checklist for Family Lycaenidae Leach, 1815 (Blue butterflies)
and region Northwest (Chestermere Lake, Rocky View County, Alberta, Canada)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 110
330
403 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 109
329
403 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 101
309
374 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 81
280
347 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths | 16
137
196 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths | 16
137
196 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
| 16
137
196 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Section
| Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
| 12
121
174 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subsection
| Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
| 11
117
170 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Papilionoidea
Latreille, 1802
Butterflies, Skippers, True butterflies | 4
42
66 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Lycaenidae
Leach, 1815
Blue butterflies, Blues, Coppers, Gossamers, Gossamerwings | 12
11 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Northwest (Chestermere Lake)
12 Genera with 11 Species | Callophrys Billberg, 1907 | Elfins | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Celastrina Tutt, 1780 | Azures | 1 | Species | Taxom | Chalceria Fabricius, 1807 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Cupido Schrank, 0 | Tailed Blues | 1 | Species | Taxom | Epidemia Scudder, 1876 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Glaucopsyche Scudder, 1842 | Blues | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Icaricia Nabokov, 1852 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Incisalia Scudder, 1852 | Elfins | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Lycaena Fabricius, 1852 | Boulder Copper | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Mitoura Billberg, 1976 | Elfins | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Plebejus Kluk, 1761 | Small Jewel Blues | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Strymon Hübner, 1852 | Scrub-Hairstreaks | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Northwest (Chestermere Lake)
11 Species | Callophrys (Callophrys) sheridanii Carpenter, 1877 | 'Alpine' Sheridan's Hairstreak | | Callophrys (Incisalia) polios (Cook & Watson, 1907) | ⇒ Callophrys polia Cook & Watson, 1907 | | Celastrina ladon (Cramer, 1780) | ⇒ Celastrina argiolus Linnaeus, 1758 | | Cupido agriades | | | Glaucopsyche lygdamus Doubleday, 1842 | Behr Blue | | Icaricia icarioides Boisduval, 1852 | Boisduval's blue | | Incisalia eryphon (Boisduval, 1852) | ⇒ Callophrys eryphon Boisduval, 1852 | | Lycaena (Epidemia) helloides Boisduval, 1852 | Common purplish copper | | Mitoura rosneri (Johnson, 1976) | ⇒ Callophrys gryneus Hübner, 1819 | | Plebejus (Plebejus) idas (Linnaeus, 1761) | ⇒ Plebejus idas Linnaeus, 1761 | | Strymon saepium Boisduval, 1852 | |
Subnodes of Lycaenidae with occurrences in Northwest (Chestermere Lake)
 | | 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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