Checklist for Family Lycaenidae Leach, 1815 (Blue butterflies)
and region Saanich Peninsula (Capital Regional District, British Columbia, Canada)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 212
743
771 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 212
743
771 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 208
736
764 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 147
610
632 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths | 39
253
337 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths | 39
253
337 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
| 39
253
337 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Section
| Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
| 14
186
264 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subsection
| Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
| 13
173
248 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Papilionoidea
Latreille, 1802
Butterflies, Skippers, True butterflies | 5
38
51 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Lycaenidae
Leach, 1815
Blue butterflies, Blues, Coppers, Gossamers, Gossamerwings | 15
17 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Saanich Peninsula
15 Genera with 17 Species | Callophrys Billberg, 1881 | Elfins | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Castalius Hübner, 1865 | Common Pierrot | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Celastrina Tutt, 1780 | Azures | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Deciduphagus Billberg, 1852 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Epidemia Scudder, 1852 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Everes Hübner, 1852 | | 1 | 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 | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Lysandra Hemming, 1851 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Mitoura Billberg, 1976 | Elfins | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Plebejus Kluk, 1852 | Small Jewel Blues | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Sarthusia Bethune-Baker, 1933 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Strymon Hübner, 1818 | Scrub-Hairstreaks | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Saanich Peninsula
17 Species and 1 Subspecies | Callophrys (Incisalia) mossii H. Edwards, 1881 | Doudoroff Elfin | | Castalius mindarus Felder & Felder, 1865 | | | Celastrina ladon (Cramer, 1780) | ⇒ Celastrina argiolus Linnaeus, 1758 | | Deciduphagus augustinus (Westwood, , 1852) | ⇒ Callophrys augustinus Westwood, 1852 | | Epidemia helloides (Boisduval, 1852) | ⇒ Lycaena helloides Boisduval, 1852 | | Everes amyntula (Boisduval, 1852) | ⇒ Cupido amyntula Boisduval, 1852 | | Glaucopsyche lygdamus Doubleday, 1842 | Behr Blue | | Icaricia icarioides Boisduval, 1852 | Boisduval's blue | | Incisalia eryphon (Boisduval, 1852) | ⇒ Callophrys eryphon Boisduval, 1852 | | Lycaena (Chalceria) heteronea Boisduval, 1852 | Blue Copper | | Lycaena (Epidemia) helloides Boisduval, 1852 | Common purplish copper | | Lysandra syngrapha Keferstein, 1851 | | | Mitoura rosneri (Johnson, 1976) | ⇒ Callophrys gryneus Hübner, 1819 | | Plebejus (Plebejus) idas (Linnaeus, 1761) | ⇒ Plebejus idas Linnaeus, 1761 | | Plebejus (Plebejus) saepiolus (Boisduval, 1852) | ⇒ Lycaena clarki Dickson, 1971 | | Sarthusia sarthus ophion Hemming, 1933 | | | Strymon melinus Hübner, 1818 | Common hairstreak |
Subnodes of Lycaenidae with occurrences in Saanich Peninsula
 | | 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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