Checklist for Family Lycaenidae Leach, 1815 (Blue butterflies)
and region Saudi Arabia (Near East)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 278
2042
4455 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 277
2041
4453 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 271
2029
4437 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 188
1652
3788 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths | 49
705
1629 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths | 49
705
1629 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
| 49
705
1629 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Section
| Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
| 20
473
1185 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subsection
| Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
| 17
422
1081 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Papilionoidea
Latreille, 1802
Butterflies, Skippers, True butterflies | 5
69
137 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Lycaenidae
Leach, 1815
Blue butterflies, Blues, Coppers, Gossamers, Gossamerwings | 24
44 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Saudi Arabia
24 Genera with 44 Species #ABCDEHILMPTZ
| Allotinus C. & R. Felder, 0 | Darkies | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Anthene Doubleday, 1983 | Ciliate Blues | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Azanus Moore, 1782 | Babul Blues | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Brephidium Scudder, 1852 | Pygmy blues | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cacyreus Butler, 1924 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Chilades Moore, 1843 | Jewel Blues | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Cigaritis Donzel, 1886 | Barred Blues | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Deudorix Hewitson, 1834 | Cornelians | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Euchrysops Butler, 1954 | Cupids | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Hypolycaena C.Felder & R..., 1793 | Hairstreaks | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Iolaus Hübner, 1896 | Royals | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Lampides Hübner, 1767 | Ceruleans and Peablues | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Lepidochrysops Hedicke, 1983 | Giant Cupids | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Leptotes Scudder, 1767 | Common Blues | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Lycaena Fabricius, 1954 | Boulder Copper | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Myrina Fabricius, 1980 | Fig Tree Blues | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Plebeius Kluk, 1856 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Plebejidea Koçak, 1870 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Polyommatus Latreille, 1925 | Meadow Blues | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Pseudophilotes Beuret, 1925 | Chequered Blues | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Tarucus Moore, 1793 | Blue pierrots | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Tuxentius Larsen, 1999 | Pied pierrots | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Zizeeria Chapman, 1862 | Grass blues | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Zizula Chapman, 1775 | Grass blues | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Saudi Arabia
44 Species and 9 Subspecies | Allotinus portunus portunus | | | Anthene amarah Guérin-Ménev..., 1847 | Black-striped Hairtail | | Anthene arora Larsen, 1983 | | | Azanus jesous Guérin-Ménev..., 1849 | African Babul Blue | | Azanus moriqua Wallengren, 1857 | Black-bordered Babul Blue | | Azanus ubaldus Stoll, 1782 | Bright Babul Blue | | Brephidium exilis Boisduval, 1852 | Fea Pygmyblue | | Cacyreus virilis Aurivillius, 1924 | Alternative Bush Blue | | Chilades (Lachides) galba Lederer, 1855 | Persian Grass Blue | | Chilades parrhasius Fabricius, 1793 | Indian Cupid | | Chilades trochylus FREYER, 1843 | Grass Jewel | | Cigaritis acamas bellatrix Butler, 1886 | | | Deudorix antalus Hopffer, 1855 | Brown Playboy | | Deudorix livia Klug, 1834 | Pomegranate butterfly | | Euchrysops lois Butler, 1886 | | | Euchrysops malathana Boisduval, 1833 | Common smoky blue | | Euchrysops osiris Hopffer, 1855 | African Blue | | Euchrysops philbyi Gabriel, 1954 | | | Hypolycaena aureolineata (Bethune-Baker, 1906) | ⇒ Hypolycaena pachalica Butler, 1888 | | Hypolycaena pachalica Butler, 1888 | Coast Hairstreak | | Hypolycaena philippus Fabricius, 1793 | Common Hairstreak | | Iolaus (Epamera) glaucus Butler, 1886 | | | Iolaus (Epamera) nursei Butler, 1896 | | | Lampides boeticus Linnaeus, 1767 | Bean butterfly | | Lepidochrysops forsskali Larsen, 1982 | Forsskaal´s Giant Cupid | | Lepidochrysops pittawayi Larsen, 1983 | Pittaway´s Giant Cupid | | Leptotes pirithous Linnaeus, 1767 | Common Zebra Blue | | Lycaena (Lycaena) phlaeas Linnaeus, 1761 | American Copper | | Lycaena phlaeas shima Gabriel, 1954 | | | Myrina silenus nzoiae | | | Plebeius idas argulus Frey, 1856 | | | Plebejidea loewii uranicola Walker, 1870 | | | Polyommatus loewii uranicola Walker, 1870 | | | Polyommatus pylaon philbyi Graves, 1925 | | | Pseudophilotes abencerragus Pierret, 1837 | False Baton Blue | | Pseudophilotes abencerragus nabataeus Graves, 1925 | | | Tarucus balkanica FREYER, 1844 | Balkan Pierrot | | Tarucus balkanicus FREYER, 1844 | Balkan Pierrot | | Tarucus rosacea Austaut, 1885 | Balochistan Pierrot | | Tarucus rosaceus Austaut, 1885 | Mediterranean Blue | | Tarucus theophrastus Fabricius, 1793 | African Pierrot | | Tuxentius balkanica FREYER, 1843 | | | Tuxentius gabrieli Bálint, 1999 | Gabriel´s Pierrot | | Zizeeria karsandra Moore, 1865 | African Grass Blue | | Zizeeria knysna Trimen, 1862 | African Grass Blue | | Zizula hylax Fabricius, 1775 | Dainty grass-blue |
Subnodes of Lycaenidae with occurrences in Saudi Arabia
 | | 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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