Checklist for Family Lycaenidae Leach, 1815 (Blue butterflies)
and region Polk County (Tennessee, USA)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 73
150
175 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 73
150
175 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 67
139
165 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 48
108
127 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths | 15
50
67 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths | 15
50
67 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
| 15
50
67 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Section
| Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
| 8
37
53 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subsection
| Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
| 8
37
53 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Papilionoidea
Latreille, 1802
Butterflies, Skippers, True butterflies | 4
23
30 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Lycaenidae
Leach, 1815
Blue butterflies, Blues, Coppers, Gossamers, Gossamerwings | 11
12 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Polk County (Tennessee)
11 Genera with 12 Species | Atlides Huebner, 1779 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Callophrys Billberg, 1823 | Elfins | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Celastrina Tutt, 1780 | Azures | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Chilades Moore, 0 | Jewel Blues | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Erora Scudder, 1862 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Feniseca Grote, 1793 | North American Harvesters | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Fixsenia Scudder, 1797 | Poling’s Hairstreak | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Glaucopsyche Scudder, 1842 | Blues | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hemiargus Hübner, 1793 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Satyrium Scudder, 0 | Satyr Orchids | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Strymon Hübner, 1818 | Scrub-Hairstreaks | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Polk County (Tennessee)
12 Species and 2 Subspecies | Atlides halesus Cramer, 1779 | Giant purple hairstreak | | Callophrys (Incisalia) niphon Hübner, 1823 | Eastern Pine Elfin | | Celastrina ladon (Cramer, 1780) | ⇒ Celastrina argiolus Linnaeus, 1758 | | Chilades parrhasius parrhasius | | | Erora laeta Edwards, 1862 | Early hairstreak | | Feniseca tarquinius Fabricius, 1793 | Harvester | | Fixsenia favonius (Smith & Abbot, 1797) | ⇒ Strymon mackwoodi Evans, 0 | | Glaucopsyche lygdamus Doubleday, 1842 | Behr Blue | | Hemiargus ceraunus Fabricius, 1793 | Antillean Blue | | Satyrium (Satyrium) calanus Hübner, 1806 | Banded Hairstreak | | Satyrium saepium okanagana | | | Strymon melinus Hübner, 1818 | Common hairstreak |
Subnodes of Lycaenidae with occurrences in Polk County (Tennessee)
 | | 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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