Checklist of Family Lycaenidae Leach, 1815 (And blues)
for Samoa (Polynesia)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 191
921
1762 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 191
921
1762 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 187
916
1755 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 117
679
1372 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths | 23
100
165 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths | 23
100
165 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
| 22
99
164 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Section
| Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
| 9
57
88 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subsection
| Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
| 8
54
84 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Papilionoidea
Latreille, 1802
Butterflies, Skippers, True butterflies | 4
30
43 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Lycaenidae
Leach, 1815
And blues, Blue butterflies, Blues, Coppers, Gossamers | 9
11 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Samoa
9 Genera with 11 Species
Species list for Samoa
11 Species and 7 Subspecies | Catochrysops taitensis Boisduval, 1832 | | | Catochrysops taitensis pepe Hopkins, 1927 | | | Deudorix epijarbas doris Hopkins, 1927 | | | Euchrysops cnejus Fabricius, 1798 | Bean blue | | Euchrysops cnejus samoa Herrich-Scha..., 1869 | | | Famegana alsulus lulu Mathew, 1889 | | | Jamides argentina von Prittwitz, 1867 | | | Jamides carissima Butler, 1876 | Tongan Blue | | Lampides boeticus Linnaeus, 1767 | Bean butterfly | | Nacaduba dyopa Herrich-Scha..., 1869 | Owl-Spotted Blue | | Nacaduba dyopa dyopa Herrich-Scha..., 1869 | | | Nacaduba samoensis Druce, 1892 | | | Zizina labradus mangoensis Butler, 1884 | | | Zizula hylax dampierensis Rothschild, 1915 | |
Subnodes of Lycaenidae with occurrences in Samoa
 | | Lycaenidae (Leach 1815) |
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