Checklist of Family Lycaenidae Leach, 1815 (And blues)
for Scotland (Great Britain, United Kingdom)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 475
4240
10514 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 473
4237
10511 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 452
4171
10374 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 322
3651
9467 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths | 63
1110
2456 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths | 62
1109
2451 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
| 60
1100
2420 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Section
| Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
| 20
763
1594 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subsection
| Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
| 18
676
1298 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Papilionoidea
Latreille, 1802
Butterflies, Skippers, True butterflies | 5
151
269 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Lycaenidae
Leach, 1815
And blues, Blue butterflies, Blues, Coppers, Gossamers | 46
77 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Scotland
46 Genera with 77 Species
| Aloeides Hübner, 1968 | Coppers | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Ancema Eliot, 1906 | Royals | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Argyraspodes Tite & C.G.C..., 1873 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Arhopala Boisduval, 1832 | Oak-blues | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Aricia Reichenbach, 1935 | Arguses | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Atlides Huebner, 1777 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Brephidium Scudder, 1860 | Pygmy blues | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cacyreus Butler, 1898 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Callophrys Billberg, 1907 | Elfins | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Candalides Hübner, 1879 | Dusky blues | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Celastrina Tutt, 1780 | Azures | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Chrysoritis Butler, 1904 | Coppers | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Cupido Schrank, 1908 | Tailed Blues | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Cyaniris Dalman, 1775 | Hedge Blues | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Deciduphagus Billberg, 1852 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Eicochrysops Bethune-Baker, 1924 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Epidemia Scudder, 1852 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Favonius Sibatani & Ito, 1758 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Feniseca Grote, 1793 | North American Harvesters | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Glaucopsyche Scudder, 1842 | Blues | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Habrodais Scudder, 1852 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hemiargus Hübner, 1793 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hypolycaena C.Felder & R..., 1912 | Hairstreaks | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Icaricia Nabokov, 1944 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Incisalia Scudder, 1852 | Elfins | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Jalmenus Hübner, 1865 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Jamides Hübner, 1921 | Ceruleans | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Lampides Hübner, 1767 | Ceruleans and Peablues | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Lycaena Fabricius, 1782 | Boulder Copper | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Lysandra Hemming, 1775 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Maculinea Van Eecke, 1934 | Large blues | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Neolucia Waterhouse &..., 1851 | Heath-blues | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ogyris Westwood, 1862 | Azures | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Phasis Hübner, 1977 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Phengaris Doherty, 1758 | Great Spotted Blues | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Plebeius Kluk, 1856 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Plebejus Kluk, 1852 | Small Jewel Blues | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Poecilmitis Butler, 1971 | Coppers | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Polyommatus Latreille, 1893 | Meadow Blues | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Pseudalmenus Druce, 1914 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Satyrium Scudder, 1782 | Satyr Orchids | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Strymon Hübner, 1818 | Scrub-Hairstreaks | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Thecla Fabricius, 1758 | Hairstreaks | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Thestor Hubner, 1976 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Trimenia Tite & Dickson, 1969 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Zizina Chapman, 1824 | Lesser Grass Blues | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Scotland
77 Species and 24 Subspecies | Aloeides bamptoni Tite & Dickson, 1977 | Bampton's Copper | | Aloeides kaplani Tite & Dickson, 1977 | Kaplan's Copper | | Aloeides oreas Tite & Dickson, 1968 | Oreas Copper | | Aloeides pierus Cramer, 1782 | Dull Copper | | Aloeides vansoni Tite & Dickson, 1968 | Van Son's Copper | | Ancema cotys capusa Fruhstorfer, 1906 | | | Argyraspodes argyraspis Trimen, 1873 | Warrior Silver-spotted Copper | | Arhopala pseudocentaurus aglais C.& R.Felder, , 1865 | | | Arhopala thamyras phryxus Boisduval, 1832 | | | Aricia (Aricia) agestis Denis & Schi..., 1775 | Brown Argus | | Aricia (Aricia) artaxerxes Fabricius, 1793 | Mountain Argus | | Aricia artaxerxes artaxerxes (Fabricius, 1793) | ⇒ Aricia artaxerxes Fabricius, 1793 | | Aricia artaxerxes salmacis Stephens, 1828 | Castle Eden Argus | | Aricia pseudomedon Obrztsov, 1935 | | | Atlides halesus halesus Cramer, 1777 | Eastern Great Purple Hairstreak | | Brephidium metophis Wallengren, 1860 | Tinktinkie Blue | | Cacyreus dicksoni Pennington, 1962 | Dickson's Geranium Bronze | | Cacyreus marshalli Butler, 1898 | Brun des pélargoniums | | Callophrys (Callophrys) rubi Linnaeus, 1758 | Green Hairstreak | | Callophrys rubi brunnea Tutt, 1896 | | | Callophrys rubi inferopunctata Tutt, 1907 | | | Candalides acasta Cox, H. R., 1873 | Blotched Blue | | Candalides hyacinthinus hyacinthinus Semper, 1879 | Common Dusky Blue | | Celastrina argiolus Linnaeus, 1758 | Atlantic azure | | Celastrina ladon (Cramer, 1780) | ⇒ Celastrina argiolus Linnaeus, 1758 | | Chrysoritis beaufortius Dickson, 1966 | Beaufort Opal | | Chrysoritis chrysaor Trimen, 1864 | Burnished Opal | | Chrysoritis felthami Trimen, 1904 | Feltham´s Opal | | Cupido (Cupido) minimus Fuessly, 1775 | Little Blue | | Cupido minimus violascens Tutt, 1908 | | | Cyaniris neglecta Edwards, 1862 | | | Cyaniris semiargus (Rottemburg, 1775) | ⇒ Polyommatus semiargus Rottemburg, 1775 | | Deciduphagus augustinus (Westwood, , 1852) | ⇒ Callophrys augustinus Westwood, 1852 | | Epidemia helloides (Boisduval, 1852) | ⇒ Lycaena helloides Boisduval, 1852 | | Favonius quercus (Linnaeus, 1758) | ⇒ Quercusia quercus Linnaeus, 1758 | | Feniseca tarquinius Fabricius, 1793 | Harvester | | Glaucopsyche lygdamus Doubleday, 1842 | Behr Blue | | Habrodais grunus Boisduval, 1852 | Golden Hairstreak | | Hemiargus ceraunus Fabricius, 1793 | Antillean Blue | | Hypolycaena phorbas silo Fruhstorfer, 1912 | | | Incisalia eryphon (Boisduval, 1852) | ⇒ Callophrys eryphon Boisduval, 1852 | | Jamides euchylas phasis Fruhstorfer, 1921 | | | Lampides boeticus Linnaeus, 1767 | Bean butterfly | | Lycaena (Epidemia) epixanthe Boisduval & ..., 1835 | Bog Copper | | Lycaena (Lycaena) phlaeas Linnaeus, 1761 | American Copper | | Lycaena phlaeas eleus Fabricius, 1798 | Small Copper | | Lycaena hippothoe Linnaeus, 1761 | Purple-edged Copper | | Lycaena orus Cramer, 1782 | Sorrel Copper | | Lysandra bellargus (Rottemburg, 1775) | ⇒ Polyommatus bellargus Rottemburg, 1775 | | Maculinea arion aglaophon (Fruhstorfer, 1934) | ⇒ Maculinea arion Linnaeus, 1758 | | Neolucia agricola agricola Westwood, 1851 | Fringed Blue | | Ogyris abrota Westwood, 1851 | Dark Purple Azure | | Ogyris amaryllis Hewitson, 1862 | Amaryllis Azure | | Ogyris amaryllis meridionalis Bethune-Baker, 1905 | Amaryllis Azure | | Ogyris genoveva Hewitson, 1854 | Geneoveva Azure | | Ogyris halmaturia (Tepper, 1890) | ⇒ Ogyris ianthis Waterhouse, 1900 | | Ogyris olane Hewitson, 1862 | Broadmargined azure | | Phasis clavum Murray, 1935 | Namaqua Arrowhead | | Phasis pringlei Dickson, 1977 | Pringle's Arrowhead | | Phengaris arion (Linnaeus, 1758) | ⇒ Maculinea arion Linnaeus, 1758 | | Plebeius idas argulus Frey, 1856 | | | Plebejus (Plebejus) argus Linnaeus, 1758 | Silver-studded Blue | | Plebejus argus argus (Linnaeus, 1758) | ⇒ Plebejus argus Linnaeus, 1758 | | Plebejus (Plebejus) idas (Linnaeus, 1761) | ⇒ Plebejus idas Linnaeus, 1761 | | Plebejus (Plebejus) saepiolus (Boisduval, 1852) | ⇒ Lycaena clarki Dickson, 1971 | | Poecilmitis azurius (Swanepoel, 1975) | ⇒ Chrysoritis azurius Swanepoel, 1975 | | Poecilmitis midas (Pennington, 1962) | ⇒ Chrysoritis midas Pennington, 1962 | | Poecilmitis violascens Dickson, 1971 | | | Polyommatus (Lysandra) bellargus Rottemburg, 1775 | Adonis Blue | | Polyommatus (Lysandra) coridon Poda, 1761 | Chalk Hill Blue | | Polyommatus (Polyommatus) dorylas Denis & Schi..., 1775 | Albarracin Chalk-hill Blue | | Polyommatus (Polyommatus) icarus Rottemburg, 1775 | Common Blue | | Polyommatus icarus costajuncta Tutt, 1910 | | | Polyommatus icarus icarus (Rottemburg, 1775) | ⇒ Polyommatus icarus Rottemburg, 1775 | | Polyommatus icarus mariscolore Kane, 1893 | Common Blue | | Pseudalmenus chlorinda zephyrus Waterhouse &..., 1914 | Silky Hairstreak | | Satyrium (Satyrium) acadica W. H. Edwards, 1862 | Acadian Hairstreak | | Satyrium (Satyrium) calanus Hübner, 1806 | Banded Hairstreak | | Satyrium calanus calanus Hübner, 1809 | Banded Hairstreak | | Satyrium (Satyrium) liparops Le Conte, 1833 | Striped Hairstreak | | Satyrium w-album Knoch, 1782 | White Letter Hairstreak | | Strymon melinus Hübner, 1818 | Common hairstreak | | Thecla betulae Linnaeus, 1758 | Brown Hairstreak | | Thestor pringlei Dickson, 1976 | Pringle's Skolly | | Trimenia argyroplaga Dickson, 1967 | Large Silver-spotted Copper | | Trimenia wallengrenii Trimen, 1887 | Wallengren's Copper | | Trimenia wykehami Dickson, 1969 | Nama-Karoo Silver-Spotted Copper | | Zizina otis labradus Godart, 1824 | Common blue |
Subnodes of Lycaenidae with occurrences in Scotland
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